The social welfare spending, criticised by the opposition on the grounds that it is “creating a culture of charity”, has caused the general administration sector’s expenditure pool to overflow. It has also been revealed that social welfare spending in 2025 increased by 40 per cent compared to 2024, reaching 6.4 trillion TL
Expenditure on the fight against poverty in the January-August period of 2026 matched the total expenditure for the whole of 2025. According to data reflecting the scale of poverty in Turkey, 357.1 billion TL was spent on ‘combating poverty’ in just the first eight months of 2026.
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