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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

506. However, he stated that the premiums paid were not included in the number
of premium payment days due to the lack of receipts for the mentioned premium
payments. He explained that he submitted the originals and photocopies of the receipt
together, requesting that the said periods be added to the number of premium payment
days. However, he stated that his application was rejected because he did not submit the
original receipts. He requested that the periods of which he paid voluntary premiums
be included in his retirement account and that the pension differences be paid to him.

In order to resolve the dispute, after the oral contacts with the relevant unit of the
Social Security Institution, some information and documents were requested from that
Institution. After the requested information and documents were sent, by checking the
Social Security Institution’s Service and Registry Display screen on 20.10.2021, the
Ombudsman Institution confirmed that the applicant’s voluntary premium payments
were added to his service. In the telephone conversation with the applicant on the same
date about the issue, the applicant himself also stated that the periods of which he paid
voluntary insurance premiums were added to the number of premium payment days
and that the salary differences were paid to him and amicable settlement decision was
issued accordingly. 8

CASE SUMMARY

In another dispute in this context, the complaint was against the Social Security
Institution for the rejection of the applicant’s request to regard his time spent in France
in terms of his pension. From the information and documents sent to the Ombudsman
Institution by the Administration, it has been determined that compulsory insurance
premium deduction has been made over the income related to the applicant’s work
abroad that he wanted to be regarded.

It was concluded that the work of the applicant, for which compulsory insurance
premium deductions were made, cannot be considered as a short-term working period
in accordance with the Regulation on the Inclusion of Periods Abroad. It was also
concluded that the fact that the applicant earns a small income alone does not require
the acceptance of it as short-term work. In this context, the rejection of the applicant’s
request for old-age pension due to the existence of periods of compulsory insurance
premium deductions was not contrary to law and equity. Hence, a Decision of Refusal
was issued. 9

8 Amicable Settlement Decision dated 22.10.2021 on application numbered 2021/10624
9 Decision of Refusal dated 27.06.2022 regarding the application numbered 2022/3450

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