Social Security Institution Pays Compensation to Woman for Violating Privacy

Social Security Institution (SGK) Provincial Directorate of Denizli will pay a woman 10 thousand Turkish liras as damages for mental anguish since SGK allegedly violated physical and psychological integrity of the woman.

According to the news of İsmail Saymaz, supervisors from Social Security Institution Provincial Directorate of Denizli came to the apartment of H.A., a woman divorced from her husband five years before, and asked doorkeeper, “Does H.A take men home?”

SGK explained that they tried to prevent women receiving salary since they divorced from their husbands but they were still living together with their husbands in order to get money from the state.

Upon her privacy was violated, H.A. filed a claim for compensation against SGK. H.A. stated that SGK attacked her personal rights by questioning her private life and so, doorkeeper and her neighbors were left with false impression about her.

Administrative Court of Denizli province ruled that SGK should pay 10 thousand Turkish liras to H.A. as damages for mental anguish. (ÇT/BD)

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