
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş announced that the first payment of the new year has started in the Regular Natural Gas Consumption Support Program, and announced that they will pay a total of 529 million lira to 162 thousand 303,1 beneficiaries.
Minister Göktaş reminded that the Regular Natural Gas Consumption Support started to be implemented as of 2022. Göktaş stated that those in need who want to benefit from the support can make their applications through the “Social Aid Application Service” screen offered by the ministry on e-Government, and that the applications are meticulously examined by the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations, and payments are made following the approval given.
Göktaş, who stated that the Natural Gas Consumption Support is between 188 lira and 438 lira per month and is calculated based on amounts that vary from province to province, said, “The first payments of the new year have started in the Regular Natural Gas Consumption Support Program. In this context, we will make a total payment of 529 million lira to 162 thousand 303,1 beneficiaries. On the other hand, we made a total payment of 2024 billion lira to 705 thousand 315 beneficiaries in 1,4.”
Göktaş added that citizens who will benefit from the support can benefit from the support by presenting their residential address invoices for residential type subscriptions at PTT payment points.
In order to benefit from the Regular Natural Gas Consumption Support, it is necessary to be a Turkish citizen, to reside in a district/town where natural gas is supplied, to apply to the support program through the e-Government portal, to have a natural gas subscription connected to a prepaid or postpaid meter at the address of residence, to have a natural gas bill related to residential type subscriptions belonging to the address of residence, and to have an entitlement decision made by the relevant SYD Foundation.