Nursing allowance (colloquially known as “milk money”) is a lump-sum payment made to nursing mother or to uninsured breastfeeding spouse of a male insurance holder to help them to feed their infants.

Allowance, arranged in Article 16 of Social Insurance and Universal Health insurance Law No. 5510, shall be paid for each newborn, provided that the newborn lives.

Nursing allowance is a lump sum paid for per baby, (i.e. it is not paid monthly) and the amount is 112 TL for 2015.