The pensioner’s table is getting smaller every day

In 2018, when a vacation bonus of 1,000 TL began to be given to retirees, 666 pieces of bread were bought with this money, while today you can buy 400 loaves with the vacation bonus of 2,000 lira, and they were stolen 266 loaves of the table. . In 2018, it was possible to buy 35.7 kilograms (kg) of tea, 200.8 kg of sugar, 483 kg of onion, 316.5 kg of tomato, 270 liters of milk, 107.4 kg of chicken, 41.7 kg of cheese and 46.5 kg of olives. Today, 15 kg of tea, 129 kg of sugar, 373 kg of onion, 238 kg of tomato, 190 liters of milk, 73 kg of chicken, 25 kg of cheese, 29 kg of olives are missing from the pensioner’s table.

CHP Adıyaman MP Abdurrahman Tutdere calculated how the retirement bonus has melted over the years, saying, “There is a big difference between the purchasing power of 2018, when the holiday bonus of 1000 began to be given TL to retirees, and the purchasing power of the current vacation bonus.” Tutdere told SÖZCU:

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“While Diyanet’s announced slaughter price in 2018 was 850 lira, today Diyanet’s announced slaughter price has reached 5,900 lira with an increase of 600 percent. While the pensioner was able to buy the slaughter animal in 2018 with the Christmas bonus, today he can only buy one leg ”.

Food prices skyrocketed

– Inflation, which has risen rapidly in recent years, has hit low-income citizens the hardest. The Christmas bonuses given to retirees who had a hard time finishing the month became stamps. Although the prices of basic food items increased rapidly after 2018, pension benefits did not improve and increased from only 1,000 TL to 2,000 TL. As such, the amount of food that can be purchased from meat to tea to cheese to tomatoes with a retirement bonus has decreased.