They cut the officer’s salary
Bad news for millions of officials. It was revealed that the 8,077 lira hike, which was given to some 3.7 million civil servants under the stock market law, would be cut in July and would be paid 14 days less. While the inflation of 17.55 percent and the collective bargaining increase granted to civil servants were applied from July 1, 2023, the application date of the sliding increase of 8,077 lira was determined on July 15. Due to this difference in dates, the official will not be able to obtain a raise for the period between July 1 and 14.
14 DAY QUANTITY REMOVED
Therefore, 3,769 TL will be cut, corresponding to the 14-day period, without paying 8,777 lira, and only 4,308 lira will be deposited in the officer’s account in July. The new salary of the sole officer will also be less than 1,500 lire. The stock market law, which regulates additional increases for civil servants and retirees, including brutal tax hikes, was passed by President Tayyip Erdoğan at full speed and entered into force. With article 28 of the new law, it was decreed that civil servants would be granted an additional increase of 8 thousand 77 liras.
WRITTEN ON JULY 15
The salary increase for public servants normally takes effect from July 1 and the new increases are transferred to the official’s account with the payment of the difference towards the end of the month. However, this rule was not applied by writing the effective date of the increase in the proposal as July 15. In this way, the amount of the 14-day salary increase was eliminated and 3,769 liras were deducted from the officer’s pocket. In the other months, the increase will be 8 thousand 77 TL. Since the increase will be formed by multiplying the indicator figure of 15,965 with the monthly coefficient of civil servants, 8,077 lira will not remain the same next year.
1,500 TL will be underpaid for single people
The strict budgetary rule applied by the government, which uses many firsts in the tax increases that rained down on the citizens, also hit the sole official. During the regulation negotiations in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Memur-Sen stated that the salary of unmarried and childless officials would not increase to 22 thousand lira, despite the promise made, and that the salary of these officials would be paid at least 1,500 lire and asked for a correction. However, the government ignored the objections. It was the first time SÖZCÜ raised the issue.