16.02.2025 23:00
The Presidency's Communication Directorate Disinformation Combat Center (DMM) stated that the claims "the trustees appointed to the Turkish Aeronautical Association hired two thousand people and the trustees' salaries were increased by 200%" do not reflect the truth.
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Some media outlets have claimed that "the trustees appointed to the Turkish Aeronautical Association hired two thousand people and the trustees' salaries were increased by 200%."
DMM DENIED
The claims in question were denied by the Presidency's Communication Directorate's Disinformation Combat Center (DMM).
"THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE INSTITUTION IS 963"
In a statement made through DMM's social media account, the following was stated: "The claims that 'the trustees appointed to the Turkish Aeronautical Association hired two thousand people and the trustees' salaries were increased by 200%' are not true. Since the trusteeship management began at the Turkish Aeronautical Association, no hiring of two thousand people has been carried out. The total number of employees within the Turkish Aeronautical Association is 963."
"TRUSTEE SALARY IS DETERMINED BY THE COURT"
The claim that the trustees' salaries were increased by 200% does not reflect the truth. The trustee salary is determined by the court and is equivalent to 1.3 times the minimum wage. The trustee salary is lower than the salary of the support staff working at the lowest wage in the institution. The trustee board has reduced the debt of the Turkish Aeronautical Association, which it took over with a debt of 140 million dollars, to 99 million dollars. With these efforts, while the institution's revenues increased by 142% in the last year, expenses were reduced by 22%, and the debt burden was decreased to 99 million dollars."
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