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"The age limit for the option of paying in lieu of actively serving the mandatory military service has been set at 30-plus, while the amount to be paid has been established as 30,000 TL. The surprise element in the recent deliberations on the conditions of paid military service is the fact that candidates will no longer have to serve the mandatory 21 days of basic military training. During an AK Party meeting, Erdoğan made the following announcements regarding the new conditions established for the paid military service option:\r\nTWO OBJECTIVES FOR PAID MILITARY SERVICE\r\n&quot;We are pursuing two objectives by implementing this procedure. First, we aim to decrease the significant number of people whom have not served their military duty in a timely manner. Secondly, we aim to realize a number of important social services.\r\nThe revenue acquired from paid military service will distributed to relatives of soldiers killed in the line of duty, to veterans, the handicapped, and families of soldiers in need as well as to TAF, the Gendarmerie, Coast Guard and Police Department in order to finance social services and activities for those in need. We will also be distributing to a fund for handicapped citizens, in which we already designate a significant figure from the national budget. We will not allow this situation to create any form of weakness against terrorism and we are taking into close consideration the number of soldiers necessitated by TAF and are establishing this process accordingly.&quot;\r\nAs for Turkish nationals residing outside of the country, irregardless of the 38-year age limit, by paying 10,000 Euros they will be able to satisfy their military service without undergoing the previously mandatory 21-day military training. \r\nAs soon as the regulation is executed, all individuals of 30 years and older whom have not yet served their military duty will be able to benefit from this option. The day the law is added to the Official Gazette, those interested will be able to pay half of the 30,000 TL allotment while they apply and the remaining half six months down the line in order to be considered as having completed their military service, without having to serve the mandatory 21-days of training. \r\nAfter Prime Minister Erdoğan announced the details of the paid military service bill, the draft was passed on to the Turkey&#039;s Grand National Assembly. The new regulation is anticipated to bring in 3.8 billion TL in revenue. \r\n"
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