{"id":22329,"date":"2018-10-02T00:28:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T04:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=22329"},"modified":"2018-10-02T00:28:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T04:28:17","slug":"emep-declaration-on-economic-crisis-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2018\/10\/emep-declaration-on-economic-crisis-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"EMEP: Declaration On Economic Crisis In Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

YEP is the proof of a plan to make the public pay for the crisis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan and many government representatives of Turkey, deny the<\/span>
\ncrisis triggered by the drop in the value of Turkish Lira as \u201cforeign manipulation\u201d, saying \u201cthere is<\/span>
\nno crisis, there is psychological problems\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the mid-term New Economic Plan (YEP) announced by the Minister of Treasury Berat<\/span>
\nAlbayrak, is an admission of a rapid deterioration into a crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless of AKP attempts to define it, the dependent capitalist system and policies pursued<\/span>
\nby its staunch defender, the Erdo\u011fan administration, are the cause of this crisis. Since taking<\/span>
\npower, Erdo\u011fan\u2019s focus has only been interests of himself and the capitalists behind him,<\/span>
\nworking to enhance their gains. He is now trying to minimise his losses through this period; even<\/span>
\ntrying to turn it into an advantage for himself. The YEP is the product of such an attempt.<\/span><\/p>\n

YEP, planned to span the next three years, predicts a smaller economy; a drop in industrial<\/span>
\nproduction; ever higher current account deficit; higher inflation and unemployment. This<\/span>
\nprogramme is a clear announcement of the beginning of a crisis, \u2018heralding\u2019 the hardship<\/span>
\nawaiting public in the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n

The roadmap for the economy in general, and public finances and employment in particular,<\/span>
\nsummarises how the working classes will be made to pay for the crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

YEP creates new opportunities for monopolies and unemployment and poverty for the<\/strong><\/span>
\npeople<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With this economic programme, turning the crisis into an opportunity, the gifts for the capitalist<\/span>
\nclasses include; incentives, removal of redundancy pay, widespread flexible and part-time work,<\/span>
\nfreezing of wages, reduction in social spending. Working classes will be stripped of their<\/span>
\nhistorical gains. YEP means the BES cuts – introduced as \u2018individual retirement insurance\u2019 but in<\/span>
\nessence another way of squeezing money out of the public – becoming established or the two<\/span>
\nmonth withdrawal period be extended until the end of the programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

The public is told to accept this fraud and impoverishment; put up with it in the name of the<\/span>
\nsurvival of the country and the state. But, claiming that \u201causterity does not apply to prestige\u201d<\/span>
\nthey are building themselves palaces, purchasing luxury planes; not bothered at all by servicing<\/span>
\ntheir luxurious lifestyle by the public purse, at a time where suicides due to poverty and<\/span>
\nunemployment are on the rise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Austerity is a sacrifice demanded only from workers. The public must adhere to this austerity;<\/span>
\nwithout any complaints about the high cost of education and healthcare, marketisation of public<\/span>
\nservices, unemployment or lack of job security. Otherwise, the example of third airport workers-<\/span>
\nprosecuted for complaints on working conditions – should be a lesson; regardless of the level of<\/span>
\noppression they suffer, they must be convinced that their complaint is a result of their own<\/span>
\npsychological problems!<\/span><\/p>\n

The most striking recommendations of YEP to reduce the current accounts deficit, are the<\/span>
\ndevelopment of health tourism and an increase in the consumption of national products, linking<\/span>
\nit to the \u2018national unity project\u2019. Turning provision of health into a commodity led to health being<\/span>
\nthe victim of economic interest; government guarantee of patients for hospitals built under<\/span>
\npublic-private partnerships.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, in terms of agricultural output, the country has been turned into a desert<\/span>
\nunder the 16-yer rule of AKP; all grains, fruit and veg, and even hay is imported. There is no<\/span>
\ndomestic product to be consumed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sackings already started due to crisis; workers are sentenced to poverty wages, with the threat<\/span>
\nof unemployment if their factories are shut; unpaid and forced holidays are on the increase; the<\/span>
\nabortion of collective bargaining agreements is on the agenda. Prices already burning holes in<\/span>
\npockets; new price rises and direct\/indirect taxes are on their way. Wages and rights of the<\/span>
\nworkers are not the cause of this crisis; they have been well-pruned in the last 16 years.The<\/span>
\ndebt that the government promised to pay the monopolies is not the debt of the 81 million, as<\/span>
\nstated by Necdet Takva, the TOBB (The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of<\/span>
\nTurkey) Council Leader. Hence, this debt cannot be paid by the public; those that created this<\/span>
\ndebt should be paying it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fitting response to the call for sacrifice – targeting few pennies left in the pockets of the<\/span>
\nworkers – came from workers in Makel, Mercedes, the third airport, Cargill and T\u00fcpra\u015f. We are<\/span>
\nin no doubt that responses of this nature will increase. Crisis are periods where opportunity for<\/span>
\ncoordinated struggle for the workers increase; workers can regain losses through such a<\/span>
\nstruggle.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this context, wages eroded by price rises and exchange rate manipulations should be<\/span>
\nincreased; minimum wage should be determined with poverty levels in mind; basic commodity<\/span>
\nprices should be frozen; unlawful sackings should be banned; workers wages should be paid<\/span>
\nfirst in businesses that close down or go bankrupt. Meeting of these demands is compulsory to<\/span>
\nredress the losses and to establish minimum welfare. Workers will not give up on these<\/span>
\ndemands. Policies that threaten their living and working conditions can only be defeated by a<\/span>
\nunited struggle. Our party will work for this struggle to grow and strengthen.<\/span><\/p>\n

SELMA G\u00dcRKAN<\/strong><\/span>
\nChairwoman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

web page in english:<\/span> www.emep.org\/eng<\/a>
\nmail: international@emep.org<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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