President Erdoğan: Our visits to Syria will continue to increase from now on.

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The Cabinet Meeting, which started at Beştepe under the leadership of President Erdoğan, has concluded. It was noted that in the last Cabinet meeting of the year, Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan made a presentation regarding the planned increase in the minimum wage. Another main agenda item of the meeting was the developments in Syria. After the meeting, President Erdoğan is making statements in front of the cameras.

Highlights from Erdoğan's statements are as follows:

"I pray for God's mercy on the 2 pilots, 2 doctors, and 1 healthcare personnel who lost their lives in the ambulance helicopter that crashed into a hospital in Muğla yesterday. Yesterday was the 110th anniversary of the Sarıkamış Operation. I pray for God's mercy on the martyrs and veterans of Sarıkamış, including my late great-grandfather.

"WE HAVE ALWAYS RAISED THE BAR"

We just held the last Cabinet meeting of 2024. We discussed many topics, from foreign policy, economy, industry, and technology to the will of migration. Our ministerial colleagues thoroughly evaluated the last 2 weeks with their presentations and received our instructions. On one hand, we are questioning what we have done and what we have not done in the most objective way, and we are refining our roadmaps for the coming year. Until today, we have always competed with ourselves, and we have always raised the bar.

"WE WILL BE MORE DETERMINED IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST OPPORTUNISTS WHO FUEL INFLATION IN THE NEW YEAR"

We presented the 2nd budget of the 7th Turkey Century under our party's 23rd Presidential Government System to the esteemed Parliament. Our proposals were accepted with 317 yes votes in the general assembly on Saturday. I pray to Almighty God that the 2025 budget will be a blessing. The most fundamental characteristic of the 2025 budget is that it is a budget that reinforces our country's 22 years of achievements, prioritizing investments, economic stability, and social welfare. I would like to remind those who say it is not the people's budget with the following figures. The disinflation process that started in May will hopefully continue to accelerate in 2025. We will be more determined in our fight against opportunists who fuel inflation in the new year.

"THE RESOURCE WE ALLOCATED FOR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IS 651 BILLION LIRA"

No matter what earthquake tourists do, we will work tirelessly until the last rightful citizen regains their safe home and business. We have given special importance to implementing the principle of a social state in all budgets. We used the resources of the people for all of our citizens. In 2025, we will continue to look after our citizens in need. The resource we allocated for social assistance is 651 billion lira.

In 2024, we covered 65 lira of our citizens' 100 lira natural gas bills and 60 lira of their 100 lira electricity bills. Those who have increased water prices by more than 100% should especially take note of what we have said with embarrassment. We shaped our budget with a citizen-focused understanding in other areas as well. We allocated more than 2.6 trillion lira for employment and production. Throughout 2025, we will continue our support for farmers, tradesmen, industrialists, and exporters.

"THE PLACE WE HAVE STOPPED FOR 22 YEARS IS CLEAR"

The place we have stopped for 22 years is clear. We are a government that identifies its fate with the fate of the country and the nation. We have been walking steadily for 22 years on the path we set out to be the voice of the silent masses and the voice of the voiceless. There will be no slightest change in this line from now on.

A country that follows the world, reads developments correctly, and draws horizons for the nation has not yet found its growth in our country. Unfortunately, the opposition has preferred to sabotage the discussions, provoke, and terrorize the entire process instead of contributing and providing constructive criticism during the discussions of the 2025 budget. In the last budget discussions, we saw nothing but exaggerated statements, cheap polemics, and provocatively scented statements."

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