Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a 45% increase in the salaries of government employees.
According to international media reports, this announcement was made by President Erdogan a few days before the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14.
Erdogan announced the salary increase at a meeting in Ankara on Tuesday to discuss the economic and social rights of public workers through a framework called the Public Collective Bargaining Agreement Protocol.
According to a statement on the government’s website, the president said that we are increasing the salaries by 45 percent, which will bring the minimum wage of civil servants to 15,000 liras.
Erdogan added that he would continue to work on increasing the salaries and pensions of civil servants.
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