With the Votes of the AK Party and MHP, the Proposal to Equalize the Lowest Pension with the Minimum Wage Was Not Accepted.
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A bill proposing to equalize the lowest pension, currently at 23,552 Turkish Lira, with the minimum wage of 28,075 Turkish Lira, was rejected by the AKP-MHP votes in Parliament.
The bill proposed by Çalışkan of the New Path Party, which aimed to raise the lowest pension and holiday bonus to the minimum wage level, was rejected by the votes of the AKP and MHP in Parliament.
Will the minimum pension be abolished, how much will the pension be raised in January? Financial Advisor and Social Security Advisor Emin Yılmaz gave Tgrthaber.com Special News Chief Bengu Sarıkuş a striking assessment of the debate that concerns millions of pensioners. Yılmaz calculated how much the lowest pension would be with the support of the Treasury.
Social Security expert Özgür Erdursun stated that equalizing the lowest pension to the minimum wage would lead to a backlog in the system and called for a fair "adjustment regulation".
The request to include a bill on the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which envisages raising the lowest pension to the level of the minimum wage and increasing holiday bonuses, was rejected by the votes of AKP and MHP deputies.
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