Ministry of Labour and Social Security

Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı
Agency overview
Formed	22 June 1945; 78 years ago (1945-06-22)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Labour Ministry of Social Security Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey 39°54′54″N 32°49′13″E / 39.91500°N 32.82028°E / 39.91500; 32.82028
Annual budget	49.855.256.000 Turkish lira (2017)
Minister responsible	Vedat Işıkhan
Deputy Ministers responsible	Adnan Ertem Ahmet Aydın Faruk Özçelik Lütfihak Alpkan
Website	www.csgb.gov.tr

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Turkish: Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for labour and social security affairs in Turkey. The ministry is headed by Vedat Işıkhan.^[1]

History

Initially, the ministry was formed as the Office of Labour and Labourers within the Ministry of Economy upon Act of Parliament No. 2450, which came into force on 27 May 1934. As a governmental ministry, it was established on June 22, 1945 with the Act of Parliament No. 4763.

In 1983, the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Social Security were merged into the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. In 2018, the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Family and Social Policy.^[2][3] This merger was undone in 2021, making the Labour and Social Security related tasks headed by a separate minister again.^[4]