In Turkey, where the hunger threshold is 32,000 Turkish Lira, retirees are being given 20,000 Turkish Lira.
While retirees have been waiting for days for an increase in their pensions, Erdoğan mocked them again by saying, “I have good news for our retirees. We will deposit their pensions into their accounts on March 14,” presenting a payment that would be made only a few days earlier as if it were “good news.”
In Turkey, the poverty line is 102,000 Turkish Lira and the hunger threshold is 32,000 Turkish Lira. Erdoğan, who gives only 20,000 Turkish Lira to 16 million retirees facing hunger, is also wiping out the tax debts of his wealthy supporters.