Turkey boosts unemployment insurance fund usage to 50% in 2026

A presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on 3 July 2026 raises the proportion of the previous year's unemployment insurance premium revenues that can be allocated from 30% to 50%. The increase applies to active labour‑market programmes and employment services, including measures to improve job‑seeker employability, up‑skill workers, assist those at risk of displacement by technological change, and fund placement, consultancy, research and planning activities.

The amendment also allows the fund to continue covering monetary and social‑rights payments for contracted personnel at İŞKUR who later become permanent staff. The change is intended to strengthen employment creation and protection in Turkey.