{"id":280296,"date":"2025-12-07T19:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=280296"},"modified":"2025-12-07T19:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:24:43","slug":"is-the-minimum-wage-just-a-number-or-the-lives-of-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/is-the-minimum-wage-just-a-number-or-the-lives-of-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Wage: Just a Number or the Lives of Millions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The commission will meet on Friday.<br \/>\nBut it is not only the minimum wage that is on the table. This table will also decide the fate of millions of citizens who earn slightly above the minimum wage. In other words, the issue is not a single wage; it is the country's overall standard of living.<\/p>\n<p>Today, millions are forced to live below the hunger and poverty line.<br \/>\nWill these people be left at the mercy of T\u00fcrk-\u0130\u015f and T\u00dc\u0130K?<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, the figures of TurkStat...<br \/>\nStatistics that \u201cmicronage\u201d grocery stores and lower prices on paper...<br \/>\nOn the other side, the people's market:<br \/>\nReal shelves, real labels, real desperation.<\/p>\n<p>The people's market is clearly shouting:<\/p>\n<p>&gt; \u201cIf you have no money, you are doomed to bread and onions!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But still:<\/p>\n<p>&gt; \u201cWe'll eat onions, but we won't feed the chief\u201d<br \/>\nThere is a picture of happiness that says.<br \/>\nIt is a surrender that is spoken with a look in one's eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu raised the problems of pensioners and there was an increase.<br \/>\nThere was talk of a holiday bonus, there was an increase.<br \/>\nThe level of prosperity was mentioned and the movement started.<\/p>\n<p>But in those days there were those who ignored the facts.<br \/>\nToday is the test day of that denial.<\/p>\n<p>Mirror of a Country: Parents Who Can't Give Allowance<\/p>\n<p>There are parents in this country who cannot give their children pocket money when they send them to school.<br \/>\nThere are pensioners condemned to live below the hunger line...<br \/>\nThere are grandfathers and grandmothers who cannot give pocket money to their grandchildren...<\/p>\n<p>And those \u201cwhite people\u201d...<br \/>\nVacation poses, luxurious tables, lavish lives...<\/p>\n<p>Question:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccc Enjoying your vacation?<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccc When the people are in misery, does this comfort suit you?<\/p>\n<p>This people are condemned to poverty for the pleasure of others.<br \/>\nIs there a more severe example of suffering?<\/p>\n<p>But is there an opposition that actually gives voice to this voice?<br \/>\nOr is everyone just protecting their comfort zone?<\/p>\n<p>Will Mothers be Full and Fathers Forgetful?<\/p>\n<p>Will mothers in this country always be full?<br \/>\nWill fathers always be forgetful?<\/p>\n<p>Or will those who forget and those who make us forget be held accountable?<br \/>\nWill politics confront the burning realities of real life?<\/p>\n<p>We will wait and see...<\/p>\n<p>But let everyone know this:<br \/>\nThis table is not just a raise table.<br \/>\nThis table is the table of survival for millions.<\/p>\n<p>And history,<br \/>\nwho is silent,<br \/>\nwho spoke,<br \/>\nwho ignored it,<br \/>\nwho stood by the people<br \/>\nhe will write them down one by one.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuma g\u00fcn\u00fc komisyon toplanacak\u2026 Ama masaya yat\u0131r\u0131lan sadece asgari \u00fccret de\u011fil. Bu masa, asgari \u00fccretin biraz \u00fcst\u00fcnde maa\u015f alan milyonlarca yurtta\u015f\u0131n da kaderini belirleyecek. Yani mesele tek bir \u00fccret de\u011fil; \u00fclkenin genel ya\u015fam standard\u0131d\u0131r. Bug\u00fcn milyonlar, a\u00e7l\u0131k ve yoksulluk s\u0131n\u0131r\u0131n\u0131n alt\u0131nda ya\u015famaya mecbur b\u0131rak\u0131lm\u0131\u015f durumda. Peki bu insanlar, T\u00fcrk-\u0130\u015f\u2019in ve T\u00dc\u0130K\u2019in insaf\u0131na m\u0131 terk edilecek? 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