土耳其将在2024年将最低工资标准上调49%，以减轻地方选举前的生活成本压力。

Turkey is increasing its monthly minimum wage by just under half, to TL17,002 ($578) from January 1 2024.

The increase is likely to boost purchasing power among workers, more than a third of whom earn the minimum wage.

Turkey’s minimum wage will be fixed¹ for 2024.

Turkey’s treasury² and finance minister, Mehmet Simsek, said earlier that he hopes annual inflation will drop to single digits³ by the end of 2026.

The minister said that the country’s medium-term programme aims to reduce inflation to single digits, ensure price stability and re-facilitate monetary⁴ stability affected⁵ by February 6 earthquakes.