Tie the salary to dollars, the citizen will be saved

If the promise is kept, the minimum wage will go up to $500 in July, but since it won’t be indexed to the dollar, it will vanish before it finds it. The rise in the dollar delights mega-works contractors, who are only guaranteed by paying the government in dollars.

The citizen, who couldn’t keep up with the dollar hikes and whose wage hikes vanished the same day, said: “The hikes are in dollars. Public Private Partnership projects are paid in dollars. Salaries are not paid in dollars in this country. If so, set the salaries in dollars, ”he criticizes.

LOST 12 PERCENT

In the last week, the dollar has appreciated by almost 4 liras against the Turkish lira. The one week loss in TL has exceeded 12 percent. The rise in the dollar triggered fuel prices first and then the chain of price increases. The dollar equivalent of the minimum wage decreased by $45 in one week, from $407 to $362.

Millions of people expect an increase in the salaries of workers, civil servants and pensions in July. However, it is stated that the increase in question will not be able to resist against the dollar. It is claimed that the minimum wage, which is expected to rise to $500 in July, will start to melt from day one.

Get dollars instead of inflation

Pursuant to the Turkish Currency Value Protection Law, TL can only be purchased on the domestic market. However, the fact that the rise of the dollar could not be stopped did not leave any value or reputation in TL. Due to the weight of imported inputs, the increase in the dollar is directly reflected in prices. On the other hand, salary increases are given according to TUIK inflation, which does not reflect the real cost of living, and the fixed income increase evaporates from day one.