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Latest revision as of 20:06, 7 February 2026
The Social Insurance Institution (Turkish: Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu, SSK) was a social security institution connected to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in Turkey. It had been transferred into the Social Security Institution with Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law, no. 5510 passed on 16 May 2006.[2]
Before the merger into Social Security Institution, it was the biggest social security institution in Turkey. It provided insurance and healthcare to around %50 of the population.
The institution was founded in 1946 as the Workers’ Insurance Institution (İşçi Sigortaları Kurumu). The institution was expanded and renamed in 1965.[3] It was primarily intended for workers and formed the main social security network in Turkey alongside the Retirement Fund (Emekli Sandığı) and Social Insurance Institution for Tradesmen and Craftsmen and Other Self-Employed (Bağ-Kur).
The institution has entered into financial troubles in the 1990s[1] as a result of populist changes to the insurance coverage and retirement age. [4]
The institution, in addition to collecting pension premium payments, operated a large network of hospitals throughout the country. It provided pensions, free healthcare, and allowances to almost all workers employed in Turkish formal sector, except civil servants and the self-employed.[5]
