Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş presented her ministry’s 2027 budget of 677.3 billion lira to parliament’s Plan and Budget Committee on Wednesday, 11 November, Anadolu Agency (AA) and ANKA reported.
The committee, chaired by AK Party Samsun MP Mehmet Muş, is reviewing the 2027 budget ministry by ministry this week, according to ANKA and the weekly parliament previews of AA and Politikam. Wednesday’s session also covered the ministry’s 2025 final accounts and the report of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay), the state audit body, ANKA reported.
Spending plan
The proposed budget for 2027 is 677,303,514,000 lira, AA and ANKA reported. Of this, 505.27 billion lira is for current transfers, 107.98 billion lira for personnel, 36.92 billion lira for goods and services, 17.06 billion lira for social security premiums and 10.07 billion lira for capital spending, according to both agencies.
Göktaş said the ministry spent 407.73 billion lira in 2025 and that the Court of Accounts made no financial findings in its audit, AA and ANKA reported.
She said 351.57 billion lira, or 51.9 percent of the budget, goes to services and support for women, and that funding for women’s empowerment rises by 73 percent to 11 billion lira, according to both agencies.
Nurseries, care and child protection
Göktaş said that in 2027 the ministry will introduce, for the first time, an incentive package to expand nurseries (kreş) run by the public and private sectors, AA and ANKA reported. No amounts or eligibility rules were given.
The home care allowance, paid to families looking after a disabled relative, now goes to 492,572 families at 15,755 lira a month, with about 66 billion lira paid this year, according to both agencies. Social and economic support (SED) payments reach 199,899 children, and 11,072 children live with foster families, AA and ANKA reported.
The minister said 16 children’s home sites will open by the end of this year and nine in 2027, while six nursing homes opened in 2026 and eight more are planned for 2027, according to both agencies. The number of violence prevention and monitoring centres (ŞÖNİM) has reached 88, they reported.
Social assistance
Göktaş said 83.2 percent of people receiving social assistance cannot work because of disability, old age or illness, and that when an aid recipient is hired, the employer’s insurance premiums are covered for 12 months, AA and ANKA reported. The ministry runs 606 family support centres (ADEM) and 91 social solidarity centres (SODAM) offering courses and training for women, and soup kitchens delivered hot meals to more than 90,000 elderly, disabled and sick people in 2026, according to both agencies.
She also said 51,545 veterans have received state medals, and that a law passed in August gives veteran status to people wounded in counter-terrorism operations who are not classed as disabled, AA and ANKA reported.
The committee reviewed the youth and sports ministry’s budget on Tuesday; see our report on its 399.7 billion lira plan. For earlier sessions, see the labour ministry’s budget and the finance ministry’s budget.
Sources
- Bakan Göktaş: Kreşlerin yaygınlaştırılması için 2027’de ilk defa bir teşvik paketini devreye alıyoruz (AA)
- Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler Bakanlığının 2027 yılı bütçesi TBMM Plan ve Bütçe Komisyonunda (Haberler.com / AA)
- TBMM Plan ve Bütçe Komisyonu… Bakan Göktaş: 2027 bütçesinin yüzde 51,9’unu kadınlara ayırdık (ANKA)
- TBMM’de bu hafta Yabancı Dijital Konaklama Platformları Kanunu Teklifi görüşülecek (Foreks / AA)
- TBMM bu hafta gündem 9-13 Kasım 2026 (Politikam)
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