The law amending the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) Personnel Law was published in the Official Gazette.
With the decision published in the Official Gazette, the costs of goods and services requested by public administrations within the scope of the general budget will be transferred to the relevant items of the Ministry of National Defense budget to be used by the General Directorate of Mapping.
Goods and services requested by special budget administrations and other public administrations will be deposited into the collection account of the accounting unit that carries out the accounting services of the General Directorate of Mapping.
In determining the authorities authorized to authorize investigations, investigations and prosecutions against the Chief of General Staff, the commanders of the Land, Naval and Air Forces, and generals and admirals within the scope of the relevant provisions, the last ranks and duties of those concerned will be taken as basis.
The publication or disclosure of the identity, duties or activities of TAF personnel through radio, television, internet, social media, newspapers, magazines, books and all other media and all kinds of written, visual, audio, visual and electronic mass media will be prohibited, except in cases authorized by the Ministry of National Defense.
With the amendment made in line with the Constitutional Court’s decision, in order to ensure legal security and predictability within the scope of the right of individuals to request the protection of their private life, prevention searches can be carried out to prevent danger or the commission of a crime upon the written order of the military unit commander, military institution supervisor, head of legal services or unit supervisor, provided that it is submitted to the approval of a judge within 24 hours in cases where it is inconvenient to delay.
Officers and non-commissioned officers who leave or are discharged from the Turkish Armed Forces before completing their compulsory service obligation, except for those who receive a medical report stating that they “cannot serve in the Turkish Armed Forces” and those who leave the Turkish Armed Forces as invalids, will be subject to the military student, officer and non-commissioned officer and non-commissioned officer rules determined every year by the force commands, Gendarmerie General Command and Coast Guard Command; military students, officers and non-commissioned officers, and those who are discharged from the Turkish Armed Forces after committing the act of “making a habit of indiscipline” as stipulated in the relevant provision of the Turkish Armed Forces Discipline Law, shall pay 4 times the amount of the costs determined for those who are discharged, together with legal interest in proportion to the missing part of their period of obligation.
The Law on Military Service added the status of “reserve non-commissioned officer” to the list of statuses. With this provision, the amount of allowance to be paid to non-commissioned officer candidates during basic training was determined as the salary of a non-commissioned sergeant, which is the lowest non-commissioned officer rank, instead of the salary of a specialist corporal.
Those who are re-appointed as pilot officers and who leave after completing the obligation period can be given lump sum payments and additional compensation for the flights they have actually performed, and those who wish to continue to serve as regular pilot officers will be subject to similar provisions with their peers regarding the vesting of flight compensation. Those who leave the TAF by completing the obligation period determined for pilots will be paid a lump sum payment for the periods flown up to 80 hours in the period between the beginning of the last service year to which they are subject within the framework of this provision, including the offset application, and additional compensation at the rate of 14 percent of the flight compensation for each flight hour for the periods flown over 80 hours, not exceeding 120 hours in total.
