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Turkey’s Parliament passes 2022 budget

Turkey’s Parliament passes 2022 budget

In the vote taken by 524 members of the parliament, the 2022 budget of Turkey has been approved by 327 votes against 197. Vice President Oktay addressed the capital groups: “Nothing against financial liberty will happen.”

20 December 2021

‘AKP's budget proposal disregards farmers, women, children with SMA’

CHP’S BİÇER-KARACA

‘AKP's budget proposal disregards farmers, women, children with SMA’

Taking the floor during the 2022 budget talks at the General Assembly of the Parliament, main opposition CHP Vice Chair Biçer-Karaca has said that the proposed budget “is not the nation’s budget, as alleged by the AKP, but is a budget of plot.”

16 December 2021

‘Total budget of 127 public universities in Turkey is two thirds of Oxford’s budget’

İYİ PARTY'S FİLİZ

‘Total budget of 127 public universities in Turkey is two thirds of Oxford’s budget’

Opposition İYİ Party Antep MP Filiz has talked about the universities’ budgets in Turkey. According to Filiz, the budget of the University of Oxford was 3.3 billion dollars in 2021 while that of Boğaziçi University was 45 million dollars.

16 December 2021

‘771 people work for Turkey's media authority RTÜK, they watch only 5 channels’

CHP’S SERTEL

‘771 people work for Turkey's media authority RTÜK, they watch only 5 channels’

Main opposition CHP İzmir MP Atila Sertel has said, “771 people work at the Radio and Television Supreme Council. These people only watch Halk TV, KRT, TELE 1, FOX TV and TV 5 and impose fines over fines on them.”

14 December 2021

Prisoners probed for protesting suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison

Prisoners probed for protesting suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Danış-Beştaş has announced that a disciplinary investigation has been launched against the prisoners who protested the suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in Kandıra Prison in Kocaeli.

13 December 2021

Brawl in Turkey's Parliament: Minister Soylu walks up to main opposition CHP’s Özel

2022 BUDGET TALKS

Brawl in Turkey's Parliament: Minister Soylu walks up to main opposition CHP’s Özel

Walking up to CHP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu took the floor afterwards and said that he would file a lawsuit against Özel: “Don’t worry, what is coming is coming.”

9 December 2021

HDP MP Maçin suspended from Parliamentary sessions over ‘Kurdistan’ remarks

2022 BUDGET TALKS

HDP MP Maçin suspended from Parliamentary sessions over ‘Kurdistan’ remarks

HDP Urfa MP Nusrettin Maçin has been invited to leave the General Assembly hall and suspended from three sessions of the General Assembly of the Parliament for saying “Freedom to Kurdistan” in his speech during the budget talks.

9 December 2021

Brawl in Turkey’s Parliament during budget talks

Brawl in Turkey’s Parliament during budget talks

During the budget talks at the General Assembly of the Parliament, main opposition CHP MP Aydın asked Minister Soylu “why he got on the plane of Sezgin Baran Korkmaz”, who is arrested in Austria. Soylu said Aydın was lying and a fight ensued.

8 December 2021

Interior Minister Soylu doesn't address allegations, targets the opposition

TENSION IN BUDGET TALKS

Interior Minister Soylu doesn't address allegations, targets the opposition

The budget of the Interior Ministry and its affiliated institutions has increased by 300 percent in 7 years. The 2022 budget talks were marked by tension as Minister Soylu didn’t respond to the allegations about himself and targeted the opposition.

23 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

Finance minister: High inflation is a problem not only in Turkey, but in the world

Finance minister: High inflation is a problem not only in Turkey, but in the world

Minister of Treasury and Finance Lütfi Elvan says that they are aware of the fluctuations in the financial markets and exchange rates, attributing the increasing inflation rates in Turkey to global effects.

12 November 2021

'Withdraw the proposal, draw up a gender-sensitive, equality-based budget'

JOINT STATEMENT BY 4 ORGANIZATIONS

'Withdraw the proposal, draw up a gender-sensitive, equality-based budget'

The women’s units of the labor and occupational organizations DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB raise concerns that the 2022 budget is not gender-sensitive, calling on the authorities to withdraw the proposal and to draw up an equality-based budget.

11 November 2021

'We will bring back İstanbul Convention': CHP, HDP MPs protest during budget talks

'We will bring back İstanbul Convention': CHP, HDP MPs protest during budget talks

The women MPs of the main opposition CHP and HDP opened banners of “We will bring the İstanbul Convention back and have it enforced” during the 2022 budget talks at the Parliamentary Commission on Planning and Budgetary.

11 November 2021

2022 budget talks: Labor organizations to protest in Ankara

'WE CANNOT MAKE A LIVING'

2022 budget talks: Labor organizations to protest in Ankara

The labor and occupational organizations DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB have announced that they will hold a joint protest in the capital city of Ankara on November 14 and say, “We cannot make a living" amid the 2022 budget talks at the Parliament.

10 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

HDP criticizes budget of Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs

HDP criticizes budget of Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs

HDP İstanbul MP Hüda Kaya has noted that the budget allocated to the Presidency of Religious Affairs is higher than that of 13 ministries, raising concerns that the people of other faiths as well as atheists have been obliged to pay taxes for this.

16 December 2020

‘Budget proposal disregards disadvantaged groups in Turkey’

HDP MP KERESTECİOĞLU

‘Budget proposal disregards disadvantaged groups in Turkey’

Commenting on the 2021 Budget Proposal, HDP Ankara MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu has underlined that the proposal in question disregards women, children, disadvantaged groups and refugees in the country.

9 November 2020