Social security: checklist

Document your periods in Russia or Ukraine, apply to SGK, pay your debt on time, and check the pension requirements.

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1. Identify the periods you can borrow

Select documented insurance, eligible unemployment, and housewife periods spent as a Turkish citizen after the age of 18.

4. Complete and sign the petitionComplete SGK's Application Petition for Borrowing Overseas Periods in full and sign it with a handwritten signature.
5. Send the application to SGKSend the original petition and service certificate to SGK in person or by mail; if the document is available in YBBS, apply through e-Government.
6. Pay the debt within 3 monthsWithin 3 months from service of the debt, deposit the entire amount or the portion you want to be valid into the SGK account.

7. Check the permanent return requirementCheck that your work abroad has ended and that you are not receiving residence-based social insurance or assistance benefits from that country.
8. Apply in writing for the pensionIf you have borrowed enough periods and are entitled to a pension under Turkish legislation, submit a written application.

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