An increase in civil servant salaries and retiree pensions were announced

According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), inflation in the second 6-month period of 2021, which determines the inflation difference in the increase in civil servants and pensions, was 25.47 percent. Civil servants will receive a 27.47 percent raise in January as a result of this figure. It was envisaged that civil servants would receive an inflation difference of over 3 percent and a 5 percent increase in collective bargaining for the first 6 months of 2022.

Welfare is also on the agenda

On top of this hike, it is expected that the welfare share demanded by civil servant confederations due to the fluctuation in the economy in 2021 will also be on the agenda. This calculation will also be valid for civil servant retirees under the same contract. The salaries of approximately 8.5 million retirees and beneficiaries will be determined by the inflation figure for the second half of this year. Salaries of workers and retirees from Bağ-Kur will increase at the rate of 6-month inflation.

It is expected to be on the agenda at the cabinet meeting

In addition, an additional protocol for civil servant salaries will be on the agenda at the cabinet meeting to be held today. It is stated that the cabinet will also discuss the increase in pensions. Addressing the nation after the Cabinet Meeting at the Presidential Complex, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that they bid farewell to 2021, which was a difficult year for the world and Turkey, and that they entered 2022 with new hopes and excitement, and wished the new year to be auspicious. In his speech after the Cabinet Meeting, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "We increased the salary increase rate of our civil servants to 30.5 percent. Family allowances are also 521 liras for the unemployed spouse, 115 TL for children under 6 years old, 57 liras for children over 6 years old. "We are already making an increase in the salaries of our retirees as much as the inflation rate. In addition, we have set a new lower limit for our retirees who receive low salaries. Now, no retiree will receive a salary below 2,500 TL."