Withdrawn did not find what he expected

Pensioners were left empty-handed after the AKP’s 17-article economic regulations, presented to the Speaker of the Assembly yesterday at the General Assembly of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly.

The bill, which clarified the rate of increase for civil servants, did not include any regulation regarding retirees.

SSK and BAĞ-KUR retirees, who have been waiting for TÜİK to announce inflation figures for days, will receive an increase in the 6-month inflation rate announced as 19.77 percent, but these increases will apply to pensions root.

In other words, after the 19.77 percent increase, retirees whose root pension is less than TL 7,500 will continue to receive TL 7,500 per month. A pensioner with a root pension of 6,500 TL is 7,800 TL; that is, he will only have received an increase of 300 lire.

On the other hand, the increase in civil servants does not include retired civil servants.

Although exposed to the same inflation, retirees, who complain about the thaw in their purchasing power with different rates of increase, demand a new regulation for them.

NO INCREASE FOR OFFICERS RETIRED OFFICERS

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced yesterday that June inflation was 3.92 percent and the 6-month inflation rate was 19.77 percent.

After TURKSTAT announced the inflation data, the bill on salary increases for civil servants was submitted to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; In the statement on the offer, AKP Group Chairman Abdullah Güler stated that within the scope of raising the lowest salary of civil servants to 22 thousand lira, an increase of 17.55 percent + 8 thousand TL would be made. .

Consequently, while the lowest salary of civil servants increased by 86 percent from 11 thousand 848 TL to 22 thousand 17 TL; The average salary of civil servants increased by 74 percent, from TL 14,417 to TL 25,000.

However, the retirees of civil servants will not be able to benefit from the increase made to civil servants.

The salary of retired civil servants will increase by 17.55 percent within the framework of the 6-month inflation difference announced yesterday by TUIK and the collective agreement of 6 percent in July.

This means that the lowest civil servant pension, which was TL 7,901 in June, was increased to TL 9,288.

INCREASE OF 19.77 PERCENT NOT TO 7500 TL, BUT TO ROOT MONEY

No promises were made before the elections regarding the lowest pension received by SSK and BAĞKUR retirees, 7,500 lira. Announcements were made about gradually increasing pensions. It is indicated that this gradual increase will be applied to root pensions.

In other words, the 19.77 percent increase to be realized according to TÜİK’s 6-month inflation difference will not be realized by putting more than 7,500 TL.

Because in March, the lowest pension was increased to 7,500 lira, and Treasury support was provided from TL 2,000 to TL 5,500, which was the lowest pension at that time. In other words, there was no increase in root pensions.

For this reason, it is indicated that the increase of 19.77 percent, which is the inflation difference of 6 months, will be made to root pensions.

The lowest root pension of SSK members before 2000 was TL 6,000 93. Even if these salaries increase by 19.77 percent, the root will increase to 7,295 TL per month. Therefore, the pensioner will continue to receive 7,500 TL per month after July.

THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE LOWEST PENSION DO NOT KNOW: WHAT IS THE ROOT MONEY?

Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at Kocaeli University Professor Prof. Dr. Aziz Çelik summarized this situation in root pensions in the period when the lowest pension increased to 7 thousand 500 TL:

“Currently, a pensioner whose root pension is TL 5,000 receives TL 5,500 monthly with a Treasury support of TL 500. In the new situation, this pensioner will receive 7,500 TL with the support of the Treasury of 2,500 TL. However, the increase he will receive in July will be more than 5 thousand TL. For example, if he gets a 20 percent raise, his root pension will be 6,000 TL. This time, the Treasury will cover 1500 TL.”