In 21 years, the gold of retirees has evaporated
Kazım Ergün, President of the Turkish Pensioners Association (TÜED), said: “If we had received the gold equivalent of our 2002 pension today, the lowest pension would have been 25,104 lira. Today we were sentenced to 7,500 lire. Our retirees have no strength and strength to hold out until New Year’s Eve, ”he said.
Comparing pensions for retirees and gold prices since 2002, when the AKP came to power, Ergün said:
“In 2002 you could buy more than 15 grams of gold with the lowest pension, 257 lire. In other words, it was possible to buy a gold bracelet as a gift and 2 gold quarters with it.
At the point reached today, with the help of the Treasury, you can only buy 4.5 grams, or 3 quarters of gold, with the lowest pension, which corresponds to 7,500 liras.
If the pensioner’s basic pension could maintain its purchasing power in the last 21 years, today it would be 25,104 liras. Likewise, the minimum wage would be at the level of 17,970 lire, and with this amount, 10.78 grams of gold could be purchased.
“THE 12 GOLDEN BRACELETS OF RETIREES ARE GOING”
Giving an example of the beads they made as an association, Ergün continued as follows:
“The base pensions suffered a serious setback against gold, and a gift bracelet that the pensioner could buy with his salary every month, and 12 gold bracelets were taken away annually.
What needs to be done is immediately increase the purchasing power of retirees, make your adjustments, increase supplemental pay rates to 10 percent and eliminate health deductions. Our retirees are people who, due to age, have one foot in the hospital and one foot in the pharmacy.
Health contributions have become a nightmare for retirees. Our retirees should not be discounted health contributions.
Serious diseases await our retirees, who already eat badly, due to a lack of vitamins and proteins. Our expectation of our officials is to show the respect they deserve to our retirees, who want to spend the last period of their lives in peace and have paid high insurance premiums in the past, and immediately compensate for losses in purchasing power. Our retirees do not have the strength or strength to hold out until the beginning of the year”. (PHOENIX)