Green passport request for public workers is in the Parliament: One-sentence response from the Ministry

The request to include public workers in the green passport right granted to some professional groups as well as public personnel was brought to the agenda of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

İYİ Party Deputy Selçuk Türkoğlu asked the Minister of Internal Affairs Mustafa Çiftçi whether there is a study to issue specially stamped passports to public workers in line with a certain length of service and objective criteria. In his response, Minister Çiftçi merely pointed out the current regulation in the Passport Law.

“INEQUALITY OCCURS BETWEEN EMPLOYEES”

Reminding that public workers serve in public service by going through security investigation and archive research processes, Türkoğlu stated that not granting the right to a green passport to these employees has led to a debate on inequality in terms of social rights.

Stating that unions representing public workers also demand that employees who meet certain length of service and objective conditions be given this right, Türkoğlu stated that such a regulation will contribute to the motivation of employees and the sense of fairness in working life.

THREE QUESTIONS TO MINISTER FARMER

Türkoğlu brought up three issues in the parliamentary question he submitted, requesting Minister Çiftçi to answer. Asking whether a study is being carried out within the Ministry to grant green passports to public workers, Türkoğlu wanted to know whether granting such a right is being evaluated based on a certain period of service, job qualifications or other objective criteria.

Türkoğlu also asked how many applications or requests the Ministry has received regarding the issuance of green passports to public workers in the last five years.

RESPONSE FROM THE MINISTRY TO THE PASSPORT LAW

In his response to the proposal, Çiftçi did not provide direct information about whether there was a new regulation or study for public workers.