Derya Yanık, Minister of Family and Social Services, talked about Türkiye's work towards the ageing population in the national statement she presented at the meeting held within the scope of the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Rome. She said: “In the last 20 years, awareness of barrier-free design and age-friendly environment has increased.”

Our Minister of Family and Social Services Derya Yanık shared National Statement of Türkiye by participating in the 15th session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ECHR) via video message.

Our Minister Derya Yanık: “We deposited 1 billion 499 million TL of old-age pension and disability pensions into accounts in June”

Our Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanık, gave the good news that with the new regulation, they have bent the rules for benefiting from Electricity Consumption Allowance for Chronic Patients, and said, "Those who received home care allowance was not able to benefit from electricity allowance. With our new arrangement persons with disabilities who receive home care assistance will also benefit from this electricity allowance.”

Rıdvan Duran, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services, said that our Ministry aims to develop a "Family-Based National Early Intervention Program for Children with Disabilities" in which the risks for the development of infants and children are identified, their development is monitored and families are supported by training.

In order to make libraries, one of the most important sources of information, “accessible to everyone”, II. Accessible Libraries Workshop was held at the Republic of Türkiye Presidential National Library ON 16-17 May 2022.

The total amount of pensions paid by the Ministry of Family and Social Services for persons with disabilities and their relatives' has been 3 billion 253 million liras so far this year.

Our Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanık, said: "We care very much that our libraries, which are our doors to other worlds, are accessible, and that they become people-oriented spaces which embrace all segments of society."

“Accessibility Workshops: Web Accessibility Standards Trainings”, which is one of the important steps for the realization of accessible public websites, which is organized by the Ministry of Family and Social Services, General Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, with the aim of making the services offered in the digital field accessible to different groups, especially persons with disabilities, has started.

Our Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya YANIK, said: “Last year, our Ministry transferred 670 thousand TL to sheltered workshops for our citizens with disabilities. In addition, since 2016, when sheltered workshops were established, we have provided a total of 2 million 276 thousand TL allowance for individuals with disabilities working in these workplaces.”

Derya YANIK, Minister of Family and Social Services, visited the nursing homes in Maltepe and Çamlıca due to the Ramadan Feast.