With the decision published in the Official Gazette with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, drug prices were increased by 30 percent.
Mahmut Arıkan, Deputy Chairman of Saadet Party and Deputy of Kayseri, reacted to the endless rain of raises.
Arıkan pointed out that another blow was dealt to the citizens who struggled with high inflation, food, electricity and fuel price hikes with the drug hike.
"IMPORTED MEDICINES NOT AVALIABLE"
Arıkan pointed out that another blow was dealt to the citizens who struggled with high inflation, food, electricity and fuel price hikes with the drug hike.
"The bill of bad economy management should not be cut to the citizens! The inner side of the incident is more painful; Unfortunately, Türkiye is also dependent on outside in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmacists stated that many imported drugs, including cancer drugs, could not be found. With this decree, the fixed euro rate used in drug pricing was increased by 30.5 percent. Thus, a more suitable economic environment was provided to international pharmaceutical companies for sales to Turkey. This is the result of bad economic policies of foreign-dependent Turkey, which does not produce a raise. It is the result of policies based on rent, not citizens," Arıkan said.