Maternity leave duration 2025: How long will maternity leave be for working mothers, how many months will it be extended, 1 year?

Studies on the maternity leave period, which is of great interest to working mothers, continue. Following the statements made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the 5th Ordinary General Assembly of KADEM, the question of whether the maternity leave period will be extended has become one of the hot topics on the agenda. So how long is maternity leave for working mothers, how many months will it be extended, how long is the paid leave period?

Having a child also raises a number of administrative and financial issues: including how much maternity leave is available, how to apply for it, and what support mothers can expect during and after pregnancy. There have been no significant changes to the conditions of maternity leave in 2025, but the new additional leave introduced for fathers – paternity leave – has a significant impact on families’ options. In our article, we have gathered th…