Health Liyakat-Sen President Mehmet Demirel: “Real Loss of Civil Servants Annually 90.660 Reached TL”
Health Liyakat-Sen Chairman Mehmet Demirel, approaching by drawing attention to the real loss in the salaries of civil servants 8. He demanded that these losses be compensated in the period Collective Agreement negotiations.. Demirel, in his press release, 2023, 2024 ve 2025 He stated that there was a serious decrease in the purchasing power of civil servants due to the high inflation experienced during the years.
Real Loss of 15.11 Percent
According to the calculations made by the union, At the end of these three years, the total real loss in civil servants' salaries reached 15.11 percent. this situation, lowest monthly civil servant salary 7.555 TL, if annual 90.660 It caused a loss of TL. Demirel, government 2026 He stated that the raise offer he submitted for the year was far from covering this huge loss..
Government's Offer Is Insufficient
The government 2026 first offered for the year 6 percent for month 11, the second 6 percent for month 7 and base salary 1.000 Demirel reacting to the TL raise offer, He argued that this offer would not increase the purchasing power of civil servants. As a union, base salary 1.000 instead of TL 8.555 TL determined as a retrospective 90.660 Compensation of the loss of TL stated that they requested. Moreover, He emphasized that civil servants should be paid for inflation differences and real losses, just like public workers..
”Harvesting Frost on the Unborn Child” parable
Demirel, criticizing the current system of determining civil servant salaries, this system “to give frost to an unborn child” He defined it with the analogy. Workers receive raises according to actual inflation, However, he said that the civil servants were condemned to the estimated inflation figures of two years from now.. of this situation, It's not actually a raise, one that reduces purchasing power “zero raise” stated that it was.
Request for Amendment to Law No. 4688
Demirel, at the root of the problem 4688 injustice in the Trade Unions Law no. He stated that he was sleeping. Public Servants Arbitration Board 11 6 of its members represent the government, He said it undermined the board's impartiality.. Demirel stated that this law should be amended in order to establish a real collective bargaining table., He argued that unions representing labor should be represented at the table by at least one member more than the government.
