Turkey Announces 2025 Minimum Wage, Excise Taxes, and Regulatory Changes
Numerous regulations, including a new minimum wage of 22,104 Turkish lira annually (866.85 lira daily), new excise taxes on imported electronics, increased administrative fines, and adjusted notary fees, were published in Turkey's Official Gazette, effective January 1, 2025.
Turkey Announces 2025 Minimum Wage, Excise Taxes, and Regulatory Changes
Numerous regulations, including a new minimum wage of 22,104 Turkish lira annually (866.85 lira daily), new excise taxes on imported electronics, increased administrative fines, and adjusted notary fees, were published in Turkey's Official Gazette, effective January 1, 2025.
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8% Bias Score
Turkey Seizes Thousands of Liters of Counterfeit Alcohol Amid Rising Death Toll
Turkey's Interior Ministry intensified its crackdown on counterfeit alcohol following a recent surge in deaths, seizing 136,904 liters of illicit alcohol in a two-week period and arresting 14 suspects out of 36, amid 37 deaths reported in Istanbul alone since November.
Turkey Seizes Thousands of Liters of Counterfeit Alcohol Amid Rising Death Toll
Turkey's Interior Ministry intensified its crackdown on counterfeit alcohol following a recent surge in deaths, seizing 136,904 liters of illicit alcohol in a two-week period and arresting 14 suspects out of 36, amid 37 deaths reported in Istanbul alone since November.
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40% Bias Score
Turkey's Earthquake Housing Crisis: 155,000 Homes Delivered, but Uninhabitable
As of December 1st, only 155,124 of the promised 319,000 homes have been delivered to earthquake victims in Turkey, lacking crucial infrastructure and finalized financial plans; this highlights a larger issue of systemic failures in disaster management and resource allocation, raising concerns about...
Turkey's Earthquake Housing Crisis: 155,000 Homes Delivered, but Uninhabitable
As of December 1st, only 155,124 of the promised 319,000 homes have been delivered to earthquake victims in Turkey, lacking crucial infrastructure and finalized financial plans; this highlights a larger issue of systemic failures in disaster management and resource allocation, raising concerns about...
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64% Bias Score
Increased Risk of Armenian-Azerbaijani War in 2024
Armenian military experts warn of heightened war risks from April 2024 due to reduced constraints on Azerbaijani aggression, lack of peace treaty commitment, and increased Turkish-Azerbaijani military cooperation, including four high-level military visits in three weeks.
Increased Risk of Armenian-Azerbaijani War in 2024
Armenian military experts warn of heightened war risks from April 2024 due to reduced constraints on Azerbaijani aggression, lack of peace treaty commitment, and increased Turkish-Azerbaijani military cooperation, including four high-level military visits in three weeks.
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40% Bias Score
Turkey's Income Inequality Worsens Despite 2023 Improvement
Turkey's income inequality remains high in 2023, with the top 5% earning 23.1% of total income while the bottom 5% earned only 1%, according to TÜİK data; while a slight improvement occurred compared to 2022, the past decade shows a worsening trend in income distribution, reflected in a rising Gini ...
Turkey's Income Inequality Worsens Despite 2023 Improvement
Turkey's income inequality remains high in 2023, with the top 5% earning 23.1% of total income while the bottom 5% earned only 1%, according to TÜİK data; while a slight improvement occurred compared to 2022, the past decade shows a worsening trend in income distribution, reflected in a rising Gini ...
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40% Bias Score
Özatay Critiques Turkey's 2023 Economic Policies
Professor Fatih Özatay criticized Turkey's 2023 economic policies, citing insufficient interest rate hikes, reliance on swap agreements, and a lack of reforms to address the budget deficit and restore public confidence in TÜİK and the Central Bank, leading to shock price increases and a minimum wage...
Özatay Critiques Turkey's 2023 Economic Policies
Professor Fatih Özatay criticized Turkey's 2023 economic policies, citing insufficient interest rate hikes, reliance on swap agreements, and a lack of reforms to address the budget deficit and restore public confidence in TÜİK and the Central Bank, leading to shock price increases and a minimum wage...
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44% Bias Score
Turkey's Food Inflation Soars to 50%, Exposing Decades-High Costs
Food inflation in Turkey skyrocketed to nearly 50% in November 2024 compared to 2020, impacting the cost of everyday meals; a detailed analysis of recipe costs from 2009 to 2024 reveals price increases ranging from 276% for Menemen to 2500% for Beğendili Kebap.
Turkey's Food Inflation Soars to 50%, Exposing Decades-High Costs
Food inflation in Turkey skyrocketed to nearly 50% in November 2024 compared to 2020, impacting the cost of everyday meals; a detailed analysis of recipe costs from 2009 to 2024 reveals price increases ranging from 276% for Menemen to 2500% for Beğendili Kebap.
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44% Bias Score
Zengezur Corridor Construction to Begin in Spring 2024
Turkey plans to begin construction this spring on its 224-kilometer section of the Zengezur Corridor, a project to connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave and Turkey through Armenia, based on a 2020 ceasefire agreement, though Armenia disputes this interpretation, proposing an alternative. Iran...
Zengezur Corridor Construction to Begin in Spring 2024
Turkey plans to begin construction this spring on its 224-kilometer section of the Zengezur Corridor, a project to connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave and Turkey through Armenia, based on a 2020 ceasefire agreement, though Armenia disputes this interpretation, proposing an alternative. Iran...
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28% Bias Score
Erdoğan Meets Bartholomew: Promises Aid for Syrian Christians, Halki Seminary
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Turkish President Erdoğan for 30 minutes in Ankara to discuss the plight of Syrian Christians and the reopening of the Halki Seminary; Erdoğan reportedly showed interest and pledged support.
Erdoğan Meets Bartholomew: Promises Aid for Syrian Christians, Halki Seminary
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Turkish President Erdoğan for 30 minutes in Ankara to discuss the plight of Syrian Christians and the reopening of the Halki Seminary; Erdoğan reportedly showed interest and pledged support.
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24% Bias Score
Turkish Union Protests Tax Injustice, Minimum Wage
In İzmir, Turkey, DİSK union members protested the new minimum wage (22,104 TL) and tax policies they deem unfair, with representative Memiş Sarı calling for tax justice and higher minimum wages to combat rising inflation and income inequality.
Turkish Union Protests Tax Injustice, Minimum Wage
In İzmir, Turkey, DİSK union members protested the new minimum wage (22,104 TL) and tax policies they deem unfair, with representative Memiş Sarı calling for tax justice and higher minimum wages to combat rising inflation and income inequality.
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44% Bias Score
Turkish Labor Unions Boycott Minimum Wage Commission
Türk-İş and HAK-İş, two major Turkish labor unions, have withdrawn from the Minimum Wage Determination Commission, citing its undemocratic structure and the insufficient 2025 minimum wage of 22,104 lira, demanding a more representative and participatory commission.
Turkish Labor Unions Boycott Minimum Wage Commission
Türk-İş and HAK-İş, two major Turkish labor unions, have withdrawn from the Minimum Wage Determination Commission, citing its undemocratic structure and the insufficient 2025 minimum wage of 22,104 lira, demanding a more representative and participatory commission.
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48% Bias Score
Turkey to Aid Syria's Agricultural Recovery with 14-Person Team
Turkey is forming a 14-member team to help Syria rebuild its agricultural sector, focusing on plant and animal production, in response to recent events that have left Syria with few other income sources; the plan includes increasing Turkey's own livestock reserves and reducing pesticide residue in e...
Turkey to Aid Syria's Agricultural Recovery with 14-Person Team
Turkey is forming a 14-member team to help Syria rebuild its agricultural sector, focusing on plant and animal production, in response to recent events that have left Syria with few other income sources; the plan includes increasing Turkey's own livestock reserves and reducing pesticide residue in e...
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36% Bias Score