They scammed SGK with fake divorce

TürkiyeIt has been determined that 4,387 people in Turkey have faked their divorce with their spouses to unfairly obtain a pension entitlement. After the audits, the pensions of those who divorced their spouses on paper but continued to live together were cut off. All payments are charged retroactively with penalty. Under the law, 75 percent of the deceased father’s pension goes to his wife. Her daughter, who is married, is getting a paper divorce to receive 25 percent of her father’s salary. The widow’s pension decreases from 75 percent to 50 percent when your daughter also receives a pension. The mother, whose salary is decreasing, can also report to her daughter that she has made a false divorce. Siblings can also inform each other and complain about the problem.

152 THOUSAND INSPECTIONS

Officials from the Association of Social Security Supervisors (SGDD) pointed out that they mostly caught people who received unjustified pensions from the Social Security Institution (SGK) for collusive divorce, thanks to reports from their mothers or siblings. Some of the notices and complaints come from the neighbors. Home inspections are also carried out to verify that the divorce is collusive. In this context, social security inspectors also carried out inspections at 152,596 workplaces last year and identified 1,251 unregistered companies employing 52,642 uninsured workers during these inspections. 2,513 false work centers and 124,373 false insured were identified. As a result of the inspections, it was revealed that 3 billion lira of public damage was avoided. Workplaces that employ illegal immigrants were also fined 30,000 lira per day.

An independent and impartial audit is essential

The SGDD officials called for the social security inspectors working under the provincial directorates throughout the country to be taken from the provincial directorates and connected to the central organization of SGK. It was argued that it would be better to provide independent and impartial supervision if the inspectors were organized under the group chairs that would be formed at the center. The supervisors also demanded that the pay gap between them and SGK inspectors be closed. It has been reported that although the number of registered immigrants in Turkey is 3 million, the number of those who have work permits and are employed is 168 thousand (about 1 in 18 immigrants), revealing the weight of migrants. immigrants in unregistered employment. . Authorities stressed that migrant labor continues despite the sanctions.