Questions About Military Service Procedures

1. I Will Go on Military Service. What Should I Do?
Personnel who will perform military service must apply to their unit with a petition enclosing their military conscription/call-up notice in order to start the process. The unit then forwards the documents to the Personnel Department with an official cover letter.

2. I Have Completed My Military Service. What Should I Do?
You must apply to your unit with a petition requesting to resume duty, attaching your discharge certificate. Your unit forwards the documents to the Personnel Department with an official cover letter.

3. Is the Period of Military Service Counted Toward My Civil Service?
Under Article 83 of the Civil Servants Law (Law No. 657):

• Civil servants who were drafted for compulsory military service and wish to return to duty must apply to their institution within 30 days from the date of discharge, and institutions must reinstate them within 30 days from the date of application.

• The period spent in compulsory military service is credited by granting grade/step advancement equivalent to the time served, on top of the grade/step held at the time of entering service.

Therefore, after discharge, submit your petition and discharge certificate to your unit; your unit sends them to the Personnel Department. The Personnel Department will complete your seniority adjustment (intibak) and notify your unit.

Under Article 84 of Law No. 657, those who are appointed to civil service after completing compulsory military service are subject to probationary provisions; the period of military service is considered for step increase after confirmation of tenure and for grade advancement through examination or selection, as applicable.

4. I Completed Military Service Before Entering Civil Service. Do I Have an Annual Leave Entitlement Because of This?
Under Article 102 of Law No. 657, annual leave is 20 days for those with 1–10 years of service (inclusive) and 30 days for those with more than 10 years.
According to General Communiqué No. 154 on the Civil Servants Law, when calculating annual leave, service periods spent in any status within public institutions are taken into account, as well as periods recognized in the earned salary grade/step even if not spent in public institutions.
Additionally, Articles 83 and 84 provide that periods spent in compulsory military service are credited in the earned salary grade/step and grade advancement.

Conclusion: Within this framework, a candidate civil servant who served as a reserve officer (asteğmen) and whose combined compulsory military service brings total service to one year may be granted annual leave in accordance with the above provisions of Law No. 657.