Claim that AKP has abandoned the 'flat-rate raise' proposal for Parliament: It was planned to be given to high-level bureaucrats and executives

With the regulation accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Planning and Budget Committee, it was approved that approximately34,200 career professionals and managers would receive additional salary increases rangingfrom 1,433 TL to 54,180 TL.

The additional raises are set to becomeeffective from the new yearand will be re-evaluated in January along with the civil servant salary increase.was planned to beincreased.

According to the report by journalistÖzgür Akbaş,although the proposal for a 30,000 TL flat-rate raise planned for high-level bureaucrats, executives, and career personnel was accepted in the committee, it wasremoved by the AKP from the "Tax Package" .was removed it was claimed.

Following the CHP's demand that"those in the provinces should also benefit," no consensuscould bereached in the committee.

It is alleged that the AKPhasdecided not to submit the regulation to the general assembly due to criticisms that it would "disrupt labor peace".

WHATHAPPENED?

Governors, district governors, department heads, agency heads, and inspectors, general managers, department heads, agency heads, provincial managers, and inspectors and specialists, the motion regulating a flat-rate raise of up to 30,000 TL to their salaries was received and accepted in the Planning and Budget Committee. The proposal will be brought to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) General Assembly in the coming days. However,status of "provincial"number ofrevenue, accounting, provincialmigration, provincial planning, provincial disaster, national real estate expertssocialsecurity, trade, national real estate product inspectors, and public engineers were left out of the improvement.left out of the improvement.

The 2026 budget for the Presidency and its affiliated, related, and associated institutions and organizationsDuring the deliberations of their budgets in the TBMM Planning and Budget Committee,provisions regulating the financial and personal rights of careerprofessionals and managers in the public sector were added to the relevant articleof the 2026 Central GovernmentBudget Law Proposal.The AKP, CHP, MHP, DEM Party,and other parties were involved in the process.

The discussions continued throughout the day. With the latest proposal brought to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) byİYİ Party and New Way Party deputies, preparations are being made to providea flat-rate raise of up to 30,000 TL to certain professional groups working in the public sector. According to the motion, theindex figures of many high-level public officialslisted in the schedules attached to Decree-Law No. 375are beingincreased.

The motion brought to the Planning and Budget Committee was unanimouslyaccepted yesterday.

The proposal will be brought to theGeneral Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the coming days. If the General Assembly accepts it, the specified professional groupswill receive a flat-rate raise.

The professional groups that will benefit from the planned raise in the proposal areas follows:

1- Secretary General of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, President of the Social Security InstitutionPresident, AFAD President, Chairman of the Board of Education, TÜİK President, Ministry Guidance and Inspection Heads, BAmbassadors, Religious Affairs President, Vice President of Religious Affairs, Vice President of the Revenue Administration, General Manager, ÖİB, SGK, AFAD Vice Presidents, TİKA President, Ministry of Justice Ministry High Adadvisor, Ministry and Mupperconsultancy Muadvisor, ministry provincial manager and ministry regional manager, Treasurer, Provincial Police Chief, Provincial Mufti,

2- Chief inspectors, managers, and those in the general administrative services class of public institutions' central organizationsinspectors, chief auditors, auditors, chief controllers, controllers, and internal auditor staff members, Grand National Assembly of Turkey legislative experts and stenographers, Treasury Mpresidencyinsurance supervision experts and actuaries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs career officers and consular and specialized officers, pursuant to Article 152 of the Civil Servants Law No. 657 dated 14/7/1965, under the "II- Compensations" section, "A- Special Service Compensation" subsection (ğ), those holding expert-titled positions in the central organization and their assistants

3- Secretary General of the Presidency

4- Chief Ombudsman, TRT General Manager, President of YÖK and ÖSYM, Higher Education Executive Board Members, Higher Education Supervisory Board President and members, ÖSYM VicePresidents,

5- Among those in the MİAH class, those serving in thecentral administration,other Governors, Board Chairmen, General Managers, Heads of Strategy Development, and thosecarrying out these duties as Governors serving in the central administration, First-clthose who are in the first grade and fourth step of thesalary scale, those receiving a salary from the first grade,others (excluding District Governor Candidates)c)

6- President,Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey,and those serving in the close protection and officialduties of the Prime Ministerpersonnel serving in

7- Ministry of Treasury and Finance,Strategy and Budget Presidency, and the Revenue Administration working and falling under the categories 1 and 2 listed above. (These are also subject to the highestcivil servant salarynot to exceed 200% of theirsalary, an additional payment will be madewill be made)

Provincial status counted as those will not be able to benefit

In contrast, the "central-provincial" status separatDue to their status, some professional groups were excluded from the planned improvement.

Provincial status counted; revenue, accounting, provincial migration, provincial planning, provincial disaster, national real estate expertsand social security, trade, and national real estate product inspectors will not be able to benefit from the flat-rate raise if the proposal passes the General Assembly.