The minimum wage in Turkey was last increased for one year, effective as of last January. However, it was decided to increase the current salaries from 2 thousand 825 TL to 4 thousand 253 TL. But now one more adjustment has been made.
Under normal circumstances, a commission is collected annually to determine the minimum wage. However, it has been said that the current increase has melted quite rapidly due to the increasing inflation in the past 6 months, so an interim increase is required. As a matter of fact, the decision was approved today. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced in a statement he made with union executives in Dolmabahçe.
Intermediate raise to the minimum wage: Here is the gross and net amount!
In fact, the statements made by union leaders and managers before the commission convened indicated that there would be an intermittent increase in the minimum wage. However, as expected, a 50 percent increase was not made as in January.
With the new regulation, approximately 30 percent rate increase was applied. However, the gross amount of the minimum wage is 5 thousand 4 TL. 6 thousand 505 TLwas removed to . The net wage to be received by the employees will be 4 thousand 253 TL. 5 thousand 500 TLIt was upgraded to .
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Of course, many people who did not find the minimum wage regulation sufficient expressed this on social media. However, it is stated that this is not an annual arrangement, but only an interim increase. So at the end of this year, the table will be discussed again.
In addition, with the decision taken by the board meeting on 29 June, pensions were also increased. It was announced that there was an increase of 40 percent and the lowest wage, which was 2 thousand 500 TL, was increased to 3 thousand 500 TL.
Net minimum wage by year
- 2014: 891 TL
- 2015: 949 TL
- 2015 interim increase: 1.000 TL
- 2016: 1.300 TL
- 2017: 1,404 TL
- 2018: 1.603 TL
- 2019: 2 thousand 20 TL
- 2020: 2 thousand 324 TL
- 2021: 2 thousand 825 TL
- 2022: 4 thousand 253 TL
- 2022 interim hike: 5 thousand 500 TL
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