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AKP claims credit for longer lives as opposition slams nuclear deal and low pensions
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AKP claims credit for longer lives as opposition slams nuclear deal and low pensions

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The ruling AKP claims increased life expectancy is due to its health policies, while the opposition criticizes nuclear regulations and low pensions.
  • Opposition lawmakers slammed a "package bill" in parliament, calling nuclear provisions a "giveaway" and highlighting that recipients of the lowest pension make up the third-largest province by population.
  • The bill includes raising the lowest retirement pension to 23,552 Turkish lira.

The ruling AKP party is attributing Turkey's rising life expectancy to its health policies, a claim met with sharp criticism from the opposition. As a "package bill" containing measures like raising the lowest retirement pension to 23,552 Turkish lira is debated in parliament, opposition parties are voicing strong objections. The main opposition CHP party specifically targeted the bill's nuclear provisions, with Deniz Yavuzyฤฑlmaz, a CHP lawmaker from Zonguldak, stating, "What you are doing is not building a nuclear power plant, it is letting the country be robbed." He argued that the nuclear regulations amount to a "giveaway." Adding to the criticism, AลŸkฤฑn Genรง, a CHP Kayseri lawmaker, pointed out the significant number of people receiving the lowest pension, noting they constitute a population equivalent to Turkey's third-most populous province. The debate highlights a stark division over the government's policies and legislative priorities.

What you are doing is not building a nuclear power plant, it is letting the country be robbed.

โ€” Deniz YavuzyฤฑlmazCHP Zonguldak Milletvekili Deniz Yavuzyฤฑlmaz criticized the nuclear regulations in the proposed bill.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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