When will the pension increase occur?

The government has been delaying for months retirees to whom it considers it appropriate to give monthly salaries below the hunger threshold.

The minimum pension supported by the Treasury, which was increased to 7,500 TL in March before the elections, has not changed even though more than 6 months have passed.

Since basic salaries did not change, the semi-annual increase of 25 percent did not change the pensions received by millions of retirees.

Türk-İş announced in September that the hunger line increased to 13 thousand 334 TL and the poverty line increased to 43 thousand 433 TL.

Millions of retirees are trying to make ends meet on a monthly salary of 56 percent of the hunger line and 17 percent of the poverty line.

While TÜİK inflation was 27.13 percent in the five-month period from March to August, when the minimum pension was increased to 7,500 TL, this rate increased to 34.08 percent when inflation was taken into account September ITO.

STATEMENT BY ERDOĞAN, BAHÇELİ AND IŞIKHAN

In response to the backlash from retirees, the government flagged the increase in October, when Turkey’s Grand National Assembly was to open.

Responding to journalists’ questions about pension regulation at the opening ceremony of the Turkish Grand National Assembly yesterday, President Tayyip Erdoğan noted that Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan said everything that was necessary .

President Erdoğan: “Will there be good news about an increase before the new year?” “With a little luck.” he replied he.

Three days ago, when asked by journalists “Will there be good news for retirees in October?”, Minister Işıkhan replied “Our work continues” and refrained from giving an exact date.

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the MHP, one of the People’s Alliance partners, responded to a journalist’s question yesterday at the opening of Parliament by saying: “The MHP has a promise about increasing pensions and whether it has had any meetings with The authorities”. on this issue.” He said: “We did not have a private meeting, but the Presidency The government is working on a multifaceted effort. “I think it will give results in a short time,” he said.

THE SEYYANEN INCREASE WAS NOT GIVEN TO THE RETIRED PUBLIC OFFICIAL

With the law passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in July, the salaries of all civil servants increased by 8,000 lira, and the lowest salary of civil servants was increased to 22,000 lira.

However, despite all the demands and reactions, retired officials did not receive a progressive increase and the lowest salary for retired officials is 9,876 TL.

AFTER THE ELECTIONS, THE BELT WAS TIGHTENED, THE RETIREES WERE FORGOTTEN

The government, which reduced interest rates and raised wages and curbed the rise in exchange rates before the elections, made a 180-degree turn in its economic policy after the elections.

After Mehmet Şimşek was appointed Minister of Treasury and Finance, the Central Bank’s policy interest rate (CBRT) was increased from 8.5 percent to 30 percent, while overdue credit card interest rates increased from 29 percent to 72 percent.

While the dollar exchange rate, which was around 19 lira before the election, was gradually reduced to 27 lira after the election, tax increases were made on many items, especially SCT, VAT and MTV.

While inflation rose rapidly after the election and, according to ITO, exceeded 73 percent in September, the government deemed it appropriate to pay half the hunger level to retirees.