Global Courant 2023-05-09 17:24:59
Five days before the May 14 presidential and general elections in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a 45% increase in the salaries of state employees.
Daily Sabah writes that the lowest monthly salary of public employees will increase to 15,000 Turkish lira or 768 dollars.
“With this protocol, we are determining the salary framework that nearly 700,000 people will receive in 2023-2024. In the framework of this collective agreement, we are increasing salaries by 45%, including the welfare part, thus increasing the minimum salary of public employees to 15 thousand liras. On the other hand, we will increase overtime wages by 70 percent,” Erdogan said.
Erdoğan emphasized that the government will continue to work on increasing minimum wages for civil servants and increasing pensions. “In July, we made some other preparations based on the difference between inflation and the welfare part”, he added. The Turkish head of state emphasized that the citizens will not be allowed to be “suppressed” under the weight of inflation, which has been easing slowly over the last six months.
Annual increases in consumer prices softened even more in April, a trend the government says will continue. Erdogan faces a tough battle for re-election this time, as the latest polls show that the race between him and the main rival, the opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroglu, will be quite strong.
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