Minimum wage announced, reactions pour in from politicians: 'He said he was an economist, he sank the economy'

SPECIAL: I INVITE THE WORKING CLASS TO USE ITS POWER

CHP leader Özgür Özel used the following expressions in a statement on his social media account:

"The 22,104 TL minimum wage determined by the Commission meeting held in a rush today is the latest sign that Tayyip Erdoğan has become disconnected from the realities of this country. Those who have been claiming for days that they brought victory in Syria have inflicted defeat on the laborers and imposed a starvation wage. Those who engage in fake heroism over Syria and cast a fog over the real agenda have once again stolen the rights of the worker amidst that fog. They gave a 5,000 lira raise to a minimum wage that has eroded by at least 7,000 lira against the cost of living since it was first set in January. While the inflation for minimum wage earners is 80% and even the TUIK inflation is 47%, they have crushed millions of minimum wage earners under inflation. Shame on those who steal the rights of this country's workers and bear the burden of their sin. I congratulate the Türk-İş management for not attending the meeting held as a fait accompli, and I invite the working class to use its power stemming from production."

ALİ BABACAN: A 30 PERCENT RAISE IS A VIOLATION OF RIGHTS

DEVA Party leader Ali Babacan also reacted to the minimum wage. Babacan used the following expressions in the message he published on his social media account:

"Mr. Erdoğan, you increased the taxes you will collect from the nation by 46% in the 2025 budget. While the ink on the budget has not even dried, increasing the minimum wage by 30% is a violation of rights. You cannot prosper the economy by incurring the curse of the poor."

DAVUTOĞLU: IT IS OPPRESSION

Gelecek Party leader Ahmet Davutoğlu also reacted with the following statement on his social media account:

"To deem a minimum wage that corresponds to the hunger threshold according to the figures determined by TÜRK-İŞ worthy for a society where the minimum wage is the average wage is, in the true sense, oppression."

TÜLAY HATİMOĞULLARI: THE WAGE OF MISERY AND HUNGER

TUNCER BAKIRHAN: THE HARBINGER OF HUNGER AND POVERTY

DEM Party Co-Chairs also reacted. Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan used the following expressions:

"The minimum wage is the wage of misery and hunger!

The minimum wage was announced as 22,104 TL, saying 'may it be auspicious for the nation'…

There is nothing auspicious about this! The people are not in this wage. The workers are not there.

While the poverty threshold is over 70 thousand TL, this minimum wage is a starvation wage.

Didn't you say you wouldn't let the people be crushed by inflation? Can't you keep a single promise for even one day?

Let the Erdoğan of today come out and answer to the Erdoğan who said years ago in a speech, 'Who will pay the house rent? Who will pay the electricity and water bills? This cruel administration begrudges this noble nation even a cup of tea and a bagel.' Because a minimum wage that doesn't even cover the rent has been determined."

The following expressions were included in Tuncer Bakırhan's post:

"The announced minimum wage is the harbinger of hunger and poverty coming before entering the year 2025. The AKP government has once again shown its hostility toward laborers and that there is not a single bond left between it and life-society.

In this order where rents are over 20 thousand TL, the poverty threshold exceeds 70 thousand TL, and taxes have been raised by 43.93 percent, this wage determined for millions of minimum wage earners is the clearest message of the government's insistence on poverty and hunger imposed on the people.

The people have no words left to chew, no rent left to pay, and no strength left to visit the market. This wage is an attempt to force the people to accept misery in plain sight. It is a toll for war and rent-seeking.

We reject the determined minimum wage. Together with millions of minimum wage earners and everyone who stands by labor and life, we demand that a wage worthy of human dignity be determined against this minimum wage."

MUHARREM İNCE: HE SAID HE WAS AN ECONOMIST, HE SANK THE ECONOMY

Memleket Party Leader Muharrem İnce made the following statement on his social media account:

"A 44 percent raise for driver's licenses, passports, and motor vehicle tax (MTV), TUIK inflation at 47 percent, food inflation at 70 percent, but only a 30 percent raise for the minimum wage! He said he was an economist, he sank the economy, and he left the entire burden on the employees!"