Minister Işıkhan's critical pension statement: We have allocated a very large share to the budget
Original headlineBakan Işıkhan’dan kritik emekli maaşı açıklaması: Bütçeye çok büyük bir oran koyduk
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Turkish Labour and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan said the government has allocated a substantial share of the national budget to pension payments and is preparing new measures for retirees, in remarks to tv100. He acknowledged that the current minimum wage is insufficient and said work on a new round of wage-setting will begin. The comments signal that pension and minimum-wage adjustments are back on the policy agenda, with the budget cost of retiree support framed as already significant.
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Vedat Işıkhan, Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı, tv100