Erdoğan announces: Pensioner holiday bonus increased to 3,000 TL
President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at his party's rally in Ordu. Erdoğan announced that the holiday bonus for pensioners will be increased by 50 percent to 3,000 Turkish Lira. The regulation was also included in the 8th Judicial Package.
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President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made statements regarding the agenda at his party's rally in Ordu.
It had previously been claimed that the holiday bonuses for pensioners, which were last given as 2,000 TL, would increase to 3,000 TL with a 50 percent raise.
In his statement, Erdoğan said the following:
''With Ramadan approaching and the holiday to follow, we are planning to make an increase in our pensioners' holiday bonuses, even at the cost of pushing our budget limits once again. We will raise this figure to 3,000 Turkish Lira with a 50 percent increase for the upcoming holiday''
BONUS REGULATION IN THE 8TH JUDICIAL PACKAGE
The regulation regarding the increase of the pensioner holiday bonus from 2,000 Turkish Lira to 3,000 Turkish Lira was included in the 8th Judicial Package submitted to the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).