According to the November inflation figures announced by Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), inflation increased by 3,51 percent on a monthly basis and by 21,31 percent on an annual basis. Chairman of the Independent Public Employees' Unions Confederation (BASK), Bayram Zengin, drawing attention to the fact that civil servants and retirees are getting poorer rapidly according to the announced inflation figures and said, "The 3 percent increase seen in civil servants and retirees for the second six months of the year in July has all melted away, and civil servants and retirees have became payee to receive 7,47 percent extra. It is obvious that the 5-month inflation receivable is 2,6 times higher than the increase in civil servants and retirees in July.”
“The suppression of civil servants and retirees under inflation should be stopped, increases in basic consumption items such as electricity, water, natural gas and bread should be subsidized by the state. Tax bracket rates for public servants should be fixed at 15 percent, and tax bracket deductions should not be added to the increases that received under inflation,” Zengin added.
120 TL INCREASE ELIMINATED, INFLATION RECEIVABLE EMERGED
Stating that the research is a study that reveals the losses in salaries despite the 3 percent increase in civil servant salaries in July, excluding family assistance, based on the November inflation announced by TÜİK, Zengin said, “all of the 120 TL increase in July, in the salary of a 1 to 12 degree civil servant who has the lowest salary among civil servants melted away, and 311,35 TL inflation receivable is emerged 1 month before the end of the period.”
ALL CIVIL SERVANTS’ RISES MELTED AWAY
Emphasizing that according to the results of the research, all the raises given to civil servants and retirees have melted, Zengin added, “The 3 percent increase in misery in the salaries of public servants of all titles in July completely melted one month before the end of the term. Public servants and retirees will continue to absorb inflation losses (out of pocket) until the New Year.”