The 314 deputies who served in the 27th parliamentary term were either not nominated or not elected in the May 14 elections. A total of 70 million TL was paid to the 314 names whose parliamentary mandates ended for the months of April-May-June. Of this, 46 million 786 thousand TL covers 2 months of unearned salaries.
According to the news in Sözcü, only 4 of the 314 MPs who received extra wages in May and June, even though they were not MPs, said ’We did not deserve this money“ and returned the money. Meanwhile, 310 MPs who received 223,500 liras each as their quarterly salaries remained silent. They accepted the 149 thousand liras they received without being MPs.
Only 4 MPs returned it
Democratic Party leader who returned two months' salary Gültekin Uysal “I was overpaid for nearly two months. I couldn't take money I didn't deserve, so I returned it.”.
In addition to Uysal, BBP leader Mustafa Destici, former IYI Party Bursa MP and Kamil Erozan, former AKP Balıkesir MP Adil Celik and returned two months' salaries to Parliament's accounts.