Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş commented: " Looking at the history, we have a rich and deep-rooted history in social services that few countries in the world can match. We have very important service models that are exemplary to the world in the field of social services such as Darülaceze."

Barrier-Free Academy Graduation Ceremony was Held

The Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been held annually in New York since 2009. The 16th Conference of States Parties to the Convention, which was held at the United Nations Headquarters with the active participation of official representatives of States Parties, international organizations and representatives of civil society organizations, took place in New York on June 13-15, 2023.

Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş came together with the residents of Saray Barrier-Free Living Care and Rehabilitation Center at the event "Barrier-Free Breakfast"

Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş announced that the Ministry started to deposit a total of 2.448.000 TL Home Care Allowance this month in order to provide economic support to citizens with severe disabilities and their families in need of care.

Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş stated, "The goal with day care and active living centers is to provide quality and free day care services in accordance with the needs and demands of older persons and their families."

Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, who was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Services, took over the duty from Derya Yanık

The regulation determining the procedures and principles of the application, evaluation, payment, and other issues of the Home Care Allowance, which was initiated by the Ministry of Family and Social Services as one of the community-based care service models, was published in the Official Gazette to ensure the integration of persons with disabilities into the society by receiving care from their relatives without separating them from their familiar environment and families.

The Ministry of Family and Social Services has increased the monthly income support allowance paid to the owners of urban private public buses and maritime transportation vehicles that transport persons with disabilities, older persons, relatives of martyrs, and veterans free of charge. According to the amendment to the regulation published in the Official Gazette, the monthly support allowance of 2250 TL for each private maritime transportation vehicle providing urban public transportation services has been increased from 2250 TL to 3375 TL, the monthly support of 2992,5 TL for each transportation vehicle providing urban public transportation services in Ankara and Istanbul metropolitan municipalities has been increased to 4500 TL, and the monthly support of 2250 TL in other provinces with metropolitan municipalities has been increased to 3375 TL.

Deputy Ministers Rıdvan Duran and İsmail Ergüneş, Director General of Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, Ms. Elmas Esra Ceceli and department heads of the Ministry attended the program held at Saray Barrier-Free Living Care and Rehabilitation Center within the scope of the Disability Week.

The regulation by the Ministry of Family and Social Services determining the procedures and principles regarding the issuance of Identity Cards to Persons with Disabilities and the establishment of a National Disability Data System to be used in benefiting from the rights and services granted to persons with disabilities entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette.