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81 Pct Of Turkish Teachers Have Credit Card Debt

03.03.2015 18:22

A report based on interviews with teachers conducted by the Education Employees Union (Eğitim-İş) has revealed that the majority of teachers have some form of debt The study, delivered by the union to the administration of the Republican People's Party (CHP), indicates that 79 percent of the teachers.

A report based on interviews with teachers conducted by the Education Employees Union (Eğitim-İş) has revealed that the majority of teachers have some form of debt

The study, delivered by the union to the administration of the Republican People's Party (CHP), indicates that 79 percent of the teachers interviewed have debt owing to separate banks. The report said 81 percent of teachers have credit card debt, and 48 percent owe more than TL 20,000.

Also according to the report, 41 percent of the teachers are indebted to tradesmen, 51 percent with a debt of less than TL 5,000, while 21 percent owe between TL 5-10,000. In addition the study shows that 39 percent of the teachers interviewed have a loan from an individual, with 50 percent owing less than TL 5,000 and 26 percent with a debt of between TL 5-10,000.

Veli Demir, the chairman of Eğitim-İş, pointing to the salary earned by teachers under the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, said in a statement to the Bugün daily: “All workers have suffered under the governance of the AK Party, but the most suppressed and financially distressed are the teachers. The minister [of education] says that teachers have bought cars and houses. They have bought them with high-interest rate bank loans. Now nearly all the teachers have credit card debt.”

He also criticized the policies of the Education Ministry, saying, “The opposition unions are highly oppressed and school principals do not let unions that are not pro-government into their schools.”

(Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
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