Common Electricity Bill Statement from 76 Bar Associations

remains the number one agenda of Turkey. electricity bills There has been a new development. This time, a statement came from the bar associations of 76 cities. “Cheap energy use is everyone’s rightIn the written statement with the headline “, it was declared that the tariff application on electricity bills is unconstitutional. Bar Associations, will take legal action they also announced.

According to the statement signed by 76 barons, the latest regulation in electricity tariffs; Articles 2, 10 and 167 of the Constitution and Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. against. Moreover, with the scientific and technical research carried out, the government’s 210 kilowatt regulation not compatible is expressed. Whether there will be a response to this statement Unknown.

The joint statement made by 76 bar associations is as follows:

“EMRA, in the Board Decision dated 31.12.2021 and numbered 10707, ‘daily average daily average for the residential low voltage single-time subscriber group. 5 kWh consumption It has decided to make a regulation such as ‘applying low-level tariffs to consumptions up to the amount of consumption (150 kilowatt-hours per month)’; On 31.01.2022, the monthly consumption amount of 150 kilowatts was increased to 210 kilowatts with the decision of the President. The regulation made in the electricity tariff is in accordance with the 2nd, 10th and 167th articles of the Constitution and the 14th article of the European Convention on Human Rights. is clearly inconsistent.

Minimum monthly for a family of 4 230 kilowatts regulating an electricity consumption amount, especially considering that families in most of our cities are in the extended family category, it is essential to make gradual transitions as a result of scientific and technical studies in this regard. The calculations in the tables made by EMRA are not scientific. without data and analysis has been prepared and the regulation of gradual electricity tariffs based on these calculation tables is incompatible with the principles of equity and justice.

Bar associations are defined as a professional organization that produces services, has no economic interest and is a public institution in Article 129 of the Constitution; lawyers, in accordance with Article 1 of the Attorneyship Law. public servantThey are the persons who carry out the judicial function with the definition of the Penal Code. Law firms after the hike; We would also like to make it clear that the electricity bills to the facilities, campuses and buildings of our bar associations are exorbitant. As the undersigned bar associations, we exorbitant We respectfully announce to the public that we are against this amount of hike, that we will follow the reduction of the hike to a more equitable level for our citizens, and that we will take all legal remedies in this process.”

Bar associations that signed this statement

• Adana Bar Association
• Adıyaman Bar Association
• Afyonkarahisar Bar Association
• Pain Bar Association
• Aksaray Bar Association
• Amasya Bar Association
• Ankara Bar Association
• Antalya Bar Association
• Ardahan Bar Association
• Artvin Bar Association
• Aydın Bar Association
• Balikesir Bar Association
• Bartin Bar Association
• Batman Bar Association
• Bayburt Bar Association
• Bilecik Bar Association
• Bingol Bar Association
• Bitlis Bar Association
• Bolu Bar Association
• Burdur Bar Association
• Bursa Bar Association
• Canakkale Bar Association
• Cankiri Bar Association
• Corum Bar Association
• Denizli Bar Association
• Diyarbakir Bar Association
• Duzce Bar Association
• Edirne Bar Association
• Elazig Bar Association
• Erzincan Bar Association
• Erzurum Bar Association
• Eskisehir Bar Association
• Gaziantep Bar Association
• Giresun Bar Association
• Hakkari Bar Association
• Hatay Bar Association
• Iğdır Bar Association
• Isparta Bar Association
• Istanbul Bar Association
• Izmir Bar Association
• Kahramanmaras Bar Association
• Kars Bar Association
• Kastamonu Bar Association
• Kayseri Bar Association
• Kirikkale Bar Association
• Kirklareli Bar Association
• Kirsehir Bar Association
• Kilis Bar Association
• Kocaeli Bar Association
• Konya Bar Association
• Kütahya Bar Association
• Malatya Bar Association
• Manisa Bar Association
• Mardin Bar Association
• Mersin Bar Association
• Mugla Bar Association
• Mus Bar Association
• Nevşehir Bar Association
• Nigde Bar Association
• Army Bar Association
• Sakarya Bar Association
• Samsun Bar Association
• Siirt Bar Association
• Sinop Bar Association
• Sivas Bar Association
• Sanliurfa Bar Association
• Sirnak Bar Association
• Tekirdag Bar Association
• Tokat Bar Association
• Tunceli Bar Association
• Trabzon Bar Association
• Uşak Bar Association
• Van Bar Association
• Yalova Bar Association
• Yozgat Bar Association
• Zonguldak Bar Association