Regarding the forest fires in Izmir, Aydın and Muğla, Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş commented: “As the Ministry, teams in all three provinces has provided the necessary psychosocial support for 441 citizens affected by the fires. Meanwhile, necessary precautions have been taken quickly in the institutions affiliated to the Ministry in areas that are close to the fires in Izmir.”
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş stated that the Home Care Allowance, which provided economic support to citizens with full dependency and their families, was increased from 7.608 TL to 9.077 TL with the rise made according to the public personnel salary coefficient in July and said, "The Ministry has started to deposit the Home Care Allowance payments to the accounts of the beneficiaries with an increase. Therefore, the Ministry has paid a total of 4.9 billion TL this month."
During her visit to Aydın Governor's Office, Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş commented on the attacker who wounded 5 people with a knife in a tea shop in Eskişehir: “Yesterday's incident has once again revealed the gravity and seriousness of the incident. The Ministry has also received messages from families about the issue. The Ministry is determined to fight against digital addiction, which is also an important part of the Action Plan for Families, shared with the public last May.”
The Ministry of Family and Social Services has redesigned its website and launched the “Accessibility Menu” to make it easier for citizens with disabilities to access social services and social assistance.
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş announced that 555.000 citizens benefited from the Home Care Allowance, aiming to provide financial support to citizens with full dependency and their families, and that a total of 4.1 billion liras of allowance was deposited into their accounts this month.
The Ministry of Family and Social Services has prepared a “Services Application Guide” for citizens to access social services and social assistance quickly and accurately. The guidebook describes the application processes and activities carried out in many areas ranging from family and community services to children's services, from social assistance to services for persons with disabilities and older persons.
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said, “The Ministry has launched a new project in 7 pilot day care centers to strengthen the capacities of day care centers, which have an important function in improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities and contributing to their active participation in social life, and to increase the quality of services provided.” .
Since August 2021, 234.588 people have applied for the disability identity card, which the Ministry of Family and Social Services has carried to the e-Government Gateway website to facilitate the life of citizens with disabilities.
With the agreement signed between the Ministry of Family and Social Services and AJet, all martyrs' relatives, veterans and veterans' relatives, public personnel disabilities will be able to fly with a 50 % discount on domestic and TRNC flights and 20 % discount on international flights, while persons with disabilities will be able to fly with a 20 % discount on domestic and TRNC flights and 25 % discount on international flights. Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said, "The Ministry always stood by the families of martyrs and veterans who are entrusted to us by the nation. The Ministry will continue to mobilize all its means."
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş stated that the main expectation from the Scientific Commission within the Ministry was to bring new suggestions on strengthening the family structure, increasing women's welfare and preventing violence against women, and said, "The Ministry also asks for your special support in the efforts to improve the services children, persons with disabilities and older persons."
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş stated that the Ministry completed the first year of the implementation of the first National Action Plan on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and prepared the interim evaluation report and said, "As a result of the work carried out, the Ministry will establish a Family-Based National Early Intervention System to monitor and support children with disabilities from their birth to the early years of primary school. A pilot study will be launched in cooperation with UNICEF and relevant public institutions to establish the system."
18 August 2024, Sunday
Minister of Family and Social Services Göktaş visited Karaman
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25 July 2024, Thursday
The website of the Ministry of Family and Social Services are available to the servic…
16 July 2024, Tuesday
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