Türkiye raises minimum wage by 49 pct for 2024

STORY: Türkiye raises minimum wage by 49 pct for 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 27, 2023/File DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): VEDAT ISIKHAN, Turkish Labor and Social Security Minister (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of factories in Türkiye 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): VEDAT ISIKHAN, Turkish Labor and Social Security Minister (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye decided to ramp up the monthly minimum wage by 49 percent to 17,002 Turkish liras (578.4 U.S. dollars) starting the first day of 2024, the country's Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Isikhan announced Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): VEDAT ISIKHAN, Turkish Labor and Social Security Minister "With this figure, the net minimum wage has increased by 49 percent compared to the previous period and by 100 percent cumulatively compared to the previous year." The country's Minimum Wage Determ