Local elections in Turkey: Pensioners could tip the scales for Erdogan. The minimum pension is currently 10,000 Turkish lira (around 286 euros) and is well below the minimum wage of 17,000 TL (around 486 euros) This money is also not enough given the price increases.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also aware of the poor situation of pensioners. He is therefore trying to use perseverance slogans: “We hope that inflation will decline from the second half of the year’