ANKARA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- 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.
With the new figure, "the net minimum wage has increased by 49 percent compared to the previous (minimum wage) period and by 100 percent cumulatively compared to the previous year," he said.
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