DİSK-AR Report Reveals Shocking Wage Loss: Nearly ₺1.8 Trillion Bill!
DİSK-AR’s Nov 2025 report shows a shocking ₺1.8 trillion cumulative wage loss for Turkish workers due to inflation and taxes. With 51.1% of the average salary eroded, DİSK urges workers to unionize for fair wages and tax justice.
Over 51% of Average Wage Eroded by Inflation and Unjust Taxes in First Ten Months of 2025. DİSK Calls for Unionization as the Only Remedy Against Income Injustice.
📉 Catastrophic Erosion: The ₺1.789 Trillion Total Cost
The Research Center of the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK-AR) has published its November 2025 "Wage Loss Monitoring Report," revealing a staggering cumulative loss in workers' wages due to high inflation and unfair tax/deduction policies. The total bill for the first ten months of 2025 has reached ₺1 trillion 789 billion.
DİSK Chairperson Arzu A. Çerkezoğlu shared these striking figures on social media, highlighting the severe economic hardship faced by the working class. The report emphasizes that rampant inflation and an escalating tax burden continue to melt down workers' earnings.
🔥 Key Findings: How Wages Were Erased
| Category | Loss Amount (₺) | Description |
| Total Cumulative Loss (Jan-Oct 2025) | 1,789 Billion | Total cost of inflation and taxes on worker wages. |
| Loss Due to Inflation | 994.4 Billion | The bulk of the loss caused by price increases. |
| Loss Due to Taxes & Deductions | 794.6 Billion | The cost attributed to the progressive and high tax burden. |
| Average Wage Erosion (Oct 2025) | 51.1% | The percentage of the average salary that melted away due to taxes, deductions, and inflation in the tenth month. |
| Minimum Wage Loss (Oct 2025) | 6,322 | Loss faced by minimum wage earners against inflation alone, exacerbated by the lack of a mid-year increase. |
| Average Worker's Individual Cumulative Loss | 106,524 | The individual total loss for an average worker over the first ten months. |
🚨 Tax Injustice: Pushing Workers into Higher Brackets
DİSK-AR underscores the critical role of the unjust tax system in wage erosion. Due to low income tax thresholds, workers quickly jump into higher tax brackets during the year, resulting in lower net pay. This mechanism significantly reduces the purchasing power of wage earners and negates increases achieved through collective bargaining.
📢 DİSK’s Sole Call for Action: Unionize!
DİSK Chairperson Arzu A. Çerkezoğlu asserted that the only solution to this massive income and tax injustice is organization and collective action.
DİSK Chairperson Arzu A. Çerkezoğlu: "Against the growing injustice in income and taxation, the only remedy is to be unionized! #UnionizeBeDISKMEMBER"
The message is clear: Unionization and collective bargaining are the strongest ways for workers to protect their wages against the crushing burdens of inflation and the heavy tax load.
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