ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday revised up the rise of wages for active and retired civil servants to 30% from an initially announced 25%, as the country heads to tight elections in mid-2023.
Erdogan on Tuesday announced that the civil servants’ pay increase would be 25% for the first six months of 2023.
Speaking at a meeting of his AK Party in parliament, Erdogan also said that the lowest pension for retired Turks would be 5,500 lira ($293.45) in 2023.