Child benefits in Turkey are a one-time payment of 5,000 TL. Let me list the child benefits I receive in Japan, converted to TL: until the child turns 18, I get 4,000 lira every two months, a shopping voucher worth 5,000 lira when we say we're expecting a child, plus an additional 15,000 TL in the account for shopping before birth, and another 15,000 TL as a one-time support for diapers and such after birth. There is also hospital support worth 140,000 TL, which generally covers about half of the birth costs. This morning, I received a letter saying the municipality will send a one-time aid of 6,000 TL this year due to inflation, and I saw it had already been deposited. I also didn't fully understand, but apparently, from age 3 to 5, children receive 1,500 TL from the municipality every month, and I haven't applied for that yet. Vaccinations are free, and the best part is that in my district's hospital, private clinics, outpatient clinics, etc., regardless of where you go, children up to 18 years old pay nothing. You just show your card, and the municipality covers the cost. There is no distinction between private or public; you can go wherever you want, and children's health services are free.

There might be things I forget or didn't know how to apply for, and definitely many more.

Look, this is what a social state is all about. In Turkey, when you say social assistance, it’s only targeted at the bottom 10%, seen as a vote bank; the top 10% already don’t need any support. The remaining 80% don’t see any aid. Here, regardless of financial situation, if you have children, these benefits are standard because you already contribute to the state through many indirect and direct taxes, and the state gives back when you need it. Even someone who isn’t a citizen, like me, living here, is given the same rights without any discrimination. After all, I live here and pay my taxes, and the state fulfills its support duties to me.

Japan is not always as great as the exaggerations online suggest; it has many difficulties, but it’s unparalleled in valuing people.