Chairman of the group of the ruling AK-party Abdullah Guler announced that the minimum pension will be increased to 12,500 lire. The increase will affect about 3 million 707 thousand pensioners. The budget will cost 33 billion 200 million lire.
The bill to increase the minimum pension will first be discussed by a commission, after which it will be considered by the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and will enter into force as a law by vote. At present, the total number of pensioners in Turkey is about 16 million 180 thousand.