Minister Bilgin’s announcement of a raise in pensions over 7 thousand 500 liras

Vedat Bilgin, Minister of Labor and Social Security, stated that 1 million 800 thousand of the 2 million 200 thousand people who can benefit from the retirement age (EYT) regulation this year have applied, and that the transactions of about one million people have been completed. AK Party Ankara deputy candidate Bilgin answered journalists’ questions about the agenda on 24 TV live broadcast.

When asked about the situation of retirees whose salary is over 7 thousand 500 liras, Bilgin said, “Actually, we have completed this work. There were issues that we had submitted to the Parliament, but after the earthquake, some of them were left unfinished. , 7 thousand 500-10 thousand, 10 thousand-15 thousand, 15 thousand-20 thousand and over 20 thousand. We planned a gradual increase for these. I hope we will put these into practice in July.” gave the answer. Stating that they prepared the regulation in a comprehensive way, Bilgin said, “There are approximately 450 thousand people with very few bonus days. They are paid a salary with the understanding of the social state, ‘You too have an income’. “It was 7 thousand 500 liras, but there are also those with a salary of 6 thousand-7 thousand. We will make an assessment in July that takes them into account with gradually differentiated reflection rates.” he said.

When asked about the latest situation in the EYT regulation, Bilgin said, “It covers about 4 million 700 thousand people, but this year, the number of people who completed the retirement year and the number of insurance premium days within the scope of EYT was 2 million 200 thousand people. About 1 million 800 thousand of them applied. The rest did not apply. Nearly one million transactions were carried out.” replied. Informing that the Social Security Institution (SGK) carries out the retirement transactions of 350-400 thousand people on average in normal times, Bilgin pointed out that within the scope of the EYT regulation, approximately 1 million people were processed in a short time and therefore there was a density. Bilgin said that 7 percent of those who applied within the scope of EYT could not retire because they did not meet the necessary conditions.