Despite the fact that the salary of civil servants is 22 thousand lira, they cannot keep up with the workers.

In the public With the increase in the minimum wage for workers to 21,500 lira, the salaries of janitors in schools surpassed those of teachers, and the salaries of cleaners in hospitals surpassed those of doctors and nurses. Faced with the reactions, President Tayyip Erdoğan promised that the minimum wage for civil servants would be increased to 22,000 lira in July. However, although the salaries of civil servants increased to 22,000 lira in July, the lowest salary of civil servants, which increased to 21,500 lira from January 1, 2023, will be increased by another 15 percent in that date. As of July 1, 2023, the minimum wage for a public worker will be 24,725 lira. Therefore, if this situation is not taken into account in July, the salaries of civil servants will still be below the salaries of workers, and teachers will not be able to catch up with the salaries of janitors.

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The strong damage caused by the increase in the collective agreement granted to 700,000 public workers due to electoral fever tries to correct itself again with electoral fever. The president said that in order not to offend civil servants, in July they will increase the minimum salary of civil servants from 12,000 lira to 15,000 lira, and further increase it to 22,000 lira by adding inflation and welfare participation. Erdoğan stated that when the salary of civil servants rises to 22,000 lira in July, it will exceed the lowest salary of workers.

However, in July, the balances will be turned upside down again. Because the increase in the collective agreement, which raised the worker’s minimum wage to 21,500 liras, covers the month of January. The contract includes a 15 percent increase for the month of July. Therefore, since the worker’s salary will increase to 24,725 lira with the new increase in July, it will still exceed the civil servants’ salary of 22,000 lira.

What about minimum wage earners and retirees?

Most The pensions of civil servants are supposed to increase by 83 percent with the increase of the low salary of civil servants to 22 thousand TL in July, together with the increase of collective bargaining, inflation difference and social participation. However, the electoral increase for the pensions of public workers, civil servants and public servants does not include retired workers, merchants and farmers and with minimum wage. If pensions other than those of civil servants increase at the rate of inflation of 6 months retrospectively, there will be a large gap among retirees. There will be a gap between public workers and officials with minimum wage.