TESK Chairman Yeğiner's request to reduce the number of premium days of tradesmen to 7 thousand 200

Yeğiner, who was recently elected as the Chairman of TESK, told the AA correspondent about his new term goals, from tradesmen's expectation of premium day to access to finance, from retail regulation to the ownership issue in the transportation sector.

Giving information about the premium issue in the social security system, Yeğiner said that the existence of a 9 thousand day premium requirement on one side and a 7 thousand 200 day premium requirement on the other side creates a contradiction.

Stating that the expectation for Bağ-Kur and SSK premium days to be equalized continues, Yeğiner said, "Justice needs to be ensured here. We will solve this somehow. However, while doing this, we should not fall into the mistakes of the past and stay away from populist policies. We believe that the issue will be solved with a gradual and middle ground formula that will not put the state in trouble, will not shake the budget balances, while implementing the 7,200-day regulation for tradesmen." made his assessment.

"Access to low-interest loans and limits should be increased"

Pointing out the effects of economic developments on tradesmen, Yeğiner noted that the issue of access to finance is among the priority agenda items.

Yeğiner stated that they found the government's support for tradesmen valuable and said, "There are difficulties in accessing low-interest loans and financing. Our President always supports our tradesmen, and we thank them. However, under the current economic conditions, we will demand that these supports and placement limits be increased a little more." he said.

"We will solve the ownership problem in the transportation sector"

Stating that they will resolve the chronic problems on a sectoral basis in the new period, Yeğiner continued as follows:

"In our transportation sector, we have hundreds of thousands of driver tradesmen who have not been able to register their vehicles for years despite paying the price and have ownership problems. We will definitely solve this ownership problem. In addition, regulations regarding the retail law that will prevent unfair competition in the market must be made urgently. We will continue our contacts to alleviate the tax burden of our tradesmen and to eliminate the disruptions in the transition from the simple method to the real procedure. In addition, the pirate passengers who covet the sweat and bread of our taxi drivers "We will continue our fight against transportation with the same determination."

Yeğiner said that they entered a comprehensive institutional and physical restructuring process with a new team within TESK.

Pointing out that there are approximately 2.5 million tradesmen and craftsmen with tax registration in Türkiye, Yeğiner said:

"We represent a huge mass of 7.5 million people with their employees and 15 million people with their families. Our tradesmen and craftsmen, who come from the Ahi culture, are the backbone of this country, always standing by their state and nation. When you look at the foundations of Türkiye's largest holdings and industrialists today, you will see that many of them grew up in grocery stores, industrial shops, that is, tradesmen. The tradesman organization is the school of commerce. The stronger we keep this foundation and the more we support production, the bigger the current account deficit will be. "We will close it permanently."

Yeğiner stated that TESK management is not a legislator, but will serve as a bridge at the highest level in defending the rights of tradesmen, and concluded his words as follows:

"We came from the field, we know the problems of the tradesmen personally. We have to do visible, concrete work rather than words. We will fight 24 hours a day to ensure that our tradesmen and craftsmen benefit from the opportunities of our state and government. We will be with our tradesmen in good times and bad times."