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Protests ahead of minimum wage negotiations: ‘Don’t let it be a wage of misery’

Protests ahead of minimum wage negotiations: ‘Don’t let it be a wage of misery’

The executives and members of the Progressive Land, Air and Railway Workers Union (Nakliyat-İş) organized a protest in İstanbul’s Taksim and demanded that the minimum wage be increased from 2,825 lira to 6,800 lira (~540 USD).

29 November 2021

‘We cannot make ends meet’: Workers take to the streets in İzmir

CALL FOR STRIKE

‘We cannot make ends meet’: Workers take to the streets in İzmir

Thousands of workers, also members of the DİSK labor confederation, took to the streets to demand equality in income and taxation. DİSK Aegean Representative Sarı made a call for a one-day strike ahead of the minimum wage negotiations.

19 November 2021

Budget talks at Parliament: HDP MPs protest for a higher minimum wage

Budget talks at Parliament: HDP MPs protest for a higher minimum wage

During the budget talks of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the MPs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party staged a protest, demanding that the net minimum wage be increased from 2,825 liras to 5,000 liras.

5 November 2021

Starvation line tops minimum wage in Turkey

Starvation line tops minimum wage in Turkey

The Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions has calculated the poverty and starvation lines in Turkey in May 2021. According to the confederation, the starvation line of a four-member family is 2,830 lira, while the minimum wage is 2,825 lira in the country.

‘Turkey suffers the biggest loss of employment in its history’

DİSK CHAIR ÇERKEZOĞLU

‘Turkey suffers the biggest loss of employment in its history’

After the Minimum Wage Determination Commission determined the minimum wage as 2,825 lira in 2021, the DİSK visited the main opposition CHP and HDP, expressing the confederation's request for exempting the minimum wage from tax cuts.

28 January 2021

Opposition-led municipalities announce higher minimum wages for their employees than government

Opposition-led municipalities announce higher minimum wages for their employees than government

The government has increased the minimum monthly wage by 21.56 percent for next year.

28 December 2020

Minimum wage in Turkey in 2021: 2,825 lira

Minimum wage in Turkey in 2021: 2,825 lira

Turkey’s Minimum Wage Determination Commission convened for the fourth and last time today and determined the net and gross monthly minimum wages for 2021. The net minimum wage will be 2 thousand 825 lira 90 kurush (~377 USD) in 2021.

28 December 2020

‘Minimum wage has become an average wage in Turkey’

DİSK CHAIR ARZU ÇERKEZOĞLU

‘Minimum wage has become an average wage in Turkey’

Ahead of the fourth and final meeting of Turkey's Minimum Wage Determination Commission next week, Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) Chair Arzu Çerkezoğlu has answered the questions of bianet.

24 December 2020 Selay Dalaklı

TurkStat says minimum wage should be 2,792 lira

TurkStat says minimum wage should be 2,792 lira

Minimum Wage Determination Commission has convened for the third time. In the meeting hosted by TÜRK-İŞ workers’ confederation, the state agency TurkStat has said that the minimum subsistence level of a worker is 2,792 lira (~366 USD).

22 December 2020

Minimum wage negotiations in Turkey: A brief overview

Minimum wage negotiations in Turkey: A brief overview

Minimum Wage Determination Commission will convene for the third time on December 22. But what has happened in the meetings so far? What is Turkey's current minimum wage and what do unions and the opposition demand? Here is a brief summary...

21 December 2020 Selay Dalaklı

‘Sometimes, we also get surprised at how we live’

MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS IN TURKEY

‘Sometimes, we also get surprised at how we live’

This is the story of two minimum wage earners. Their lives might be different, but what they are faced with is similar. Kader needs boots and Samet a coat. Do you think they can buy them? They answer: “We don’t make a living, we are just saving the day…”

8 December 2020 Hikmet Adal

Poverty line is 3.5 times the minimum wage in Turkey, shows study

Poverty line is 3.5 times the minimum wage in Turkey, shows study

A recent study by the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ) has shown that the minimum amount of money necessary for the food expenses of a four-member family (starvation line) has increased to 2,516 lira (approx. 320 USD).

26 November 2020

Funding to Pay Minimum Wage to 5,163,511 Persons/Households for 4 Months

PENNED BY AYŞE GÜL YILGÖR

Funding to Pay Minimum Wage to 5,163,511 Persons/Households for 4 Months

No one should be dismissed, no one should starve. Is it really because of inadequate public funding or because of preferences as to which segments, how and in what proportion will this public funding be distributed?

6 April 2020 Ayşe Gül Yılgör

Minimum Wage Announced as 2,020 Liras

Minimum Wage Announced as 2,020 Liras

The Minimum Wage Determining Commission has met for the last time to determine the minimum wages for 2019. The net minimum wage has been announced as 2,020 Turkish Liras (~380 USD).

25 December 2018

Minimum Wage Becomes 1,404 Liras

Minimum Wage Becomes 1,404 Liras

Minimum wage has become 1,404 Liras for the year of 2017. The TİSK had demanded “zero raise”, Türk-İş 1,600 Liras and DİSK 2,000 Liras.

29 December 2016

Minister Soylu: State Will Cover 40% Costs of Minimum Wage Rise

Minister Soylu: State Will Cover 40% Costs of Minimum Wage Rise

Süleyman Soylu; Minister of Labour and Social Security has stated that a regulation proposal for covering 40% of the costs of the minimum wage rise to 400 euro (1300 TL) by the state has been submitted and that the regulation would only apply to the year 2016.

30 December 2015

Faruk Çelik Pledges 420 Euros of Minimum Wage

Faruk Çelik Pledges 420 Euros of Minimum Wage

Former Minister of Labor and Social Security, Faruk Çelik, has said minimum wage will be of 420 euros, they will step in the commission to achieve it.

4 November 2015

Ali Babacan: We haven’t Promised 420 Euros of Minimum Wage

Ali Babacan: We haven’t Promised 420 Euros of Minimum Wage

AKP deputy from Gaziantep, Ali Babacan has said “Minimum wage is set by commission” about the promise “Minimum wage will be increased to 420 euros”.

3 November 2015

Minimum Wage below Poverty Line

Minimum Wage below Poverty Line

The minimum wage will be increased by 29 Lira in July. According to a report of the labour unions confederation Türk-İş, even after the raise the minimum wage will still fall 219,23 short of the poverty line.

28 June 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Poverty Line Increased, Minimum Wage Dramatically Low

Poverty Line Increased, Minimum Wage Dramatically Low

A study carried out by Türk-İş revealed that the current minimum monthly wage equals the amount a family of four needs for six days lead under humane living conditions. Both the poverty line and the "starvation line" have increased compared with last year's figures.

26 March 2010 Tolga Korkut

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