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Main opposition CHP proposes setting the minimum wage every 6 months

Main opposition CHP proposes setting the minimum wage every 6 months

Submitting a legislative proposal, main opposition CHP MP Gürer has underlined that the inflation rate is constantly increasing in Turkey, raising concerns that the value of the minimum wage is also constantly decreasing as a result.

Forests the size of 3,000 football fields razed in wildfires in Turkey in 2020

Forests the size of 3,000 football fields razed in wildfires in Turkey in 2020

Answering the Parliamentary question of an MP, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Pakdemirli has said that two amphibians and 27 firefighting helicopters were used in efforts to put out 3,399 forest fires that broke out in Turkey in 2020.

10 February 2022

Ministry 'doesn't know' number of child workers in Turkey

Ministry 'doesn't know' number of child workers in Turkey

Responding to a parliamentary question, the minister of family and social services did not disclose the number of child workers in Turkey.

1 February 2022 Hikmet Adal

Parliament rejects bill to increase pensions to minimum wage level

Parliament rejects bill to increase pensions to minimum wage level

The pensions of 70 percent of the retirees were below the minimum wage in 2020.

22 December 2021

CHP warns of a food crisis in Turkey, urges an intervention in fertilizer prices

CHP warns of a food crisis in Turkey, urges an intervention in fertilizer prices

Main opposition CHP MP Gürer has raised concerns that the abnormal increase in the prices of fertilizers may drive Turkey into a food crisis, calling on the authorities to intervene in fertilizer prices as soon as possible and introduce the necessary discounts.

10 December 2021

Erdoğan’s promise to open a thousand markets and questions left unanswered

Erdoğan’s promise to open a thousand markets and questions left unanswered

Main opposition CHP MP Gürer has raised concerns that the loss made by the Agricultural Credit markets increased from 990 thousand Turkish Lira (TRY) in 2018 to 41 million TRY in 2019, which marked a 40-fold increase.

Over 148,000 women used ministry's panic button app to report male violence

Over 148,000 women used ministry's panic button app to report male violence

The Ministry of Interior introduced the Women's Emergency Support (KADES) app in March 2018.

37 percent water loss in 2019: ‘AKP fails in water management as well’

MINISTER’S ANSWER

37 percent water loss in 2019: ‘AKP fails in water management as well’

In his answer to the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP Niğde MP Ömer Fethi Gürer, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli has announced that the rate of water loss in Turkey was 37 percent in 2019.

20 September 2021

CHP slams Erdoğan over ‘no customs duty’ for import of grains, legumes

CHP slams Erdoğan over ‘no customs duty’ for import of grains, legumes

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu and İstanbul MP Tekin have slammed the decision for reducing the customs duty for grains and legumes to zero. CHP Niğde MP Gürer has also visited agricultural workers and voiced their complaints and requests.

8 September 2021

‘21-percent growth has apparently not affected citizens on back-to-school shopping’

MAIN OPPOSITION CHP

‘21-percent growth has apparently not affected citizens on back-to-school shopping’

Visiting the shops in their electoral districts on the first day of in-class education in Turkey, CHP MPs Utku Çakırözer and Ömer Fethi Gürer have underlined that citizens mostly complain about the economic crisis and price increases.

7 September 2021

‘Over 900 thousand subscribers unable to pay electricity, natural gas bills in 2020’

‘Over 900 thousand subscribers unable to pay electricity, natural gas bills in 2020’

CHP MP Gürer says, “The problems caused by the economic crisis, high inflation rates and coronavirus have decreased the purchasing power of citizens, bringing them to such a point that they are unable to pay their electricity and natural gas bills.”

2 September 2021

Number of people indebted to banks increased by a million in a month

Number of people indebted to banks increased by a million in a month

The number of people who are indebted to banks was more than 35 million as of March, according to the ministry of finance.

Turkey’s housing agency TOKİ faces over 5 thousand court cases in 5 years

Turkey’s housing agency TOKİ faces over 5 thousand court cases in 5 years

Minister of Environment and Urbanization Kurum has answered the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Gürer: 5 thousand 45 lawsuits have been filed against the Ministry’s Housing Development Administration (TOKİ) in the last 5 years.

Unable to pay their credit debt, 1.5 million people on banks' blacklists

MINISTER OF FINANCE ANSWERS

Unable to pay their credit debt, 1.5 million people on banks' blacklists

Answering the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP MP Gürer, Minister of Treasury and Finance Lütfi Elvan has announced that 1,552,122 personal loan customers are on debt follow-up by banks in Turkey.

Only 10 women’s shelters opened in Turkey in 5 years

Only 10 women’s shelters opened in Turkey in 5 years

Minister of Family and Social Services Yanık has answered the Parliamentary question of main opposition CHP’s Gürer: 55,882 people, including 20,551 children, stayed in women’s shelters across the country.