While the economy was derailed and uncontrolled, an earthquake disaster came. Now, while we need to sleep in order to find solutions to the problems, those who are in the position of governing the country are looking for the guilty, especially trying to get rid of the responsibility by placing the blame on the opposition by looking at some statements of the opposition.
Unfortunately, those who think of preventing the rise of the dollar by paying special interest (KKM) to those who have money with a number of measures taken, unfortunately, cannot implement an application that will relieve the narrow and low-income segment of the society.
According to the latest figures, the hunger limit has increased by 10 thousand 259 liras and accordingly, the hunger limit has increased by 5 thousand 122 liras in one year. The poverty line, on the other hand, has increased to 28 thousand 563 liras, according to the latest data. In my country where the hunger limit is 10 thousand 259 TL and the poverty level is 28 thousand 563 TL, if you say the minimum wage is 8 thousand 500 TL. In other words, the increase in the minimum wage has gone into negative as well as melting in two months.
By the way, it is not unknown that the 2023 budget made according to the figures announced has already given a deficit and that an additional budget will be prepared and sent to the Parliament soon. By the way, when it is remembered that the increase in the cost of agricultural products reaches 135 percent annually, it would not be wrong to say that a decrease in prices, which may mean a real decrease in inflation, will not be possible.
Because if the costs of a product continue to increase, especially in domestic production, it would be against the rules of the economy to expect the prices to decrease. In short, it would not be wrong to say that the system only works for those who have money, while the lives of those with low and fixed incomes are getting stuck at ever-increasing prices.
In the meantime, the fact that in my country, where the interest rate on deposits is thirty percent, despite the Central Bank's latest decision to reduce the interest rates to 8.5 percent, the rulers of the country say that they struggle with interest rates at every opportunity does not eliminate the contradiction, but it does not eliminate the fact that most of the people of the country work for interest-bearers.
I'm not listing all of this to be doomsayer. I am deeply saddened by the fact that I did not appreciate my late teacher's health in the retrospective accounting I made on the anniversary of my late teacher's death.
Because, let alone 20 years, during his one-year rule, he really increased the living standards of those with low and fixed incomes, and set up a barricade in front of inflation by preparing a balanced budget. Erbakan put an end to the poverty of wealth in the country by putting an end to the practices that caused the country to become increasingly poor by applying high interest rates in order to transfer the money from one pocket of the state to the other.
All this was implemented in just one year, during the coalition government.
So I am confused these days. More than that, I'm sorry. My head is in a mess, both because we didn't appreciate it in its health, and because we were deprived of its protective wings. I don't know if he's coming back either. He was very precious to me in his health, and my feelings did not change after his death.
However, as a nation, we think that people, whom we could not appreciate while alive, are very valuable after their death. Of course, it is our belief to commemorate our dead with respect. However, ingenuity is subject to compliment.
I once again remember late Erbakan Hodja with love, respect and longing, may his place be heaven.