05.12.2025 15:20
The proposal for a flat salary increase of 30,000 lira for public managers and expert personnel, which caused a public debate, has been withdrawn.
The regulation accepted by the TBMM Planning and Budget Commission, which foresaw a flat salary increase of 30,000 TL for personnel in managerial-expert positions in the public sector, was withdrawn following reactions.
ERDOĞAN GAVE THE INSTRUCTION, THE SALARY PROPOSAL WAS WITHDRAWN
According to the information obtained; President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, and AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler. In the meeting, he received detailed information about the flat salary proposal for managerial and expert personnel in the public sector and instructed that the bill be withdrawn in order to protect wage equity and workplace peace.
GREAT REACTION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
The flat salary proposal, which only covered a small portion of civil servants, was expected to be added to the Tax Package presented to the TBMM General Assembly after completing the commission stage. While the proposal aimed to prevent qualified personnel from turning to the private sector instead of the public sector, the fact that the regulation did not cover civil servants in the provinces led to public backlash for being contrary to the principle of "equality."
WHO WOULD BENEFIT?
- Secretary General of the TBMM
- President of SGK
- President of AFAD
- President of the Board of Education and Discipline
- President of TÜİK
- Directors of Guidance and Inspection in Ministries
- Ambassadors
- President of Religious Affairs and assistants
- Deputy Director of the Revenue Administration
- General Directors
- Deputy Presidents of ÖİB, SGK, AFAD
- President of TİKA
- Senior Advisor of the Ministry of Justice, Advisors of the Ministry and Undersecretariat
- Provincial directors and regional directors of the Ministry
- Tax Office Director
- Provincial Police Chief
- Provincial Mufti
- Those working in the central organization of public institutions in the general administrative services class:
- Chief Inspector, Inspector
- Chief Auditor, Auditor
- Chief Controller, Controller
- Internal auditors
- Legislative experts and stenographers of the TBMM
- Insurance audit experts and actuaries of the Treasury Undersecretariat
- Foreign Affairs professional civil servants
- Consular and specialized civil servants
- Experts and assistant experts working in the central organization
- Secretary General of the Presidency
- Chief Auditor of the Public
- General Director of TRT
- President of YÖK and ÖSYM
- Members of the Higher Education Executive Board
- Chair and members of the Higher Education Audit Board
- Deputy Presidents of ÖSYM
- Positions in the MİAH class:
- Other governors working in the center
- Chairman of the Board
- General Director
- President of Strategy Development
- Governors in these positions in the center
- Those receiving salaries from the 4th step of the 1st degree
- Those receiving salaries from the degree
- Others (excluding district governor candidates)
- Personnel working in close protection and office services for the President, Speaker of the TBMM, and Prime Minister
- Personnel working in the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Strategy and Budget Directorate, and Revenue Administration who fall under categories 1 and 2