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At the meeting, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca made a comprehensive presentation to Cabinet on the last 14 days. The effect of the measures taken in the fight against the coronavirus on the number of cases and deaths, the latest situation in metropolitan cities and national vaccination studies was also evaluated in detail in the cabinet. Consequently, the most important items on the cabinet’s agenda were the relaxation of some prohibitions, as well as the adoption of additional restrictions. President Erdogan made statements about the decisions taken.
The highlights of President Erdogan’s statements are as follows;
Together with ourselves, we fight for peace, well-being and the well-being of our entire region and the world. But this does not mean that we are going to remain silent in the face of the violation of our rights, laws and sovereignty as a country and nation.
Turkey, not the EU sanctions, is waiting to fulfill the promise of full membership to delay it for years. We expect the support of our NATO ally, the United States, in our fight against terrorist organizations and forces that have our region in mind, not sanctions.
KARABAKH MOUNTAIN
What happened in Nagorno-Karabakh showed how important our country’s resolute stance is. 1 Turkey, like centuries ago in the Islamic army of the Caucasus, the command of Nuri Pasha was located next to the Azeri brothers.
Turkey and Azerbaijan have once again embraced this sentiment as their own brother, which stretches from the past, ATi has built a new bridge. Our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters, with the support of our country, crowned with glory the struggle for the homeland, which lasted 44 years. Lands that had been under occupation for 30 years have been liberated and the longing for Nagorno-Karabakh has come to an end. Victory has great military, diplomatic and political significance.
Praise be, all the skies of Karabakh, from Lachin to Shusha, from Fuzuli to Kalbajar, are adorned by the adhan-i Muhammedis. It is to be hoped that from now on a new status quo will be established in the region, with peace instead of conflict, cooperation instead of tension, good-neighborly cooperation instead of hostility.
At the triumph ceremonies held in Freedom Square, we saw once again the motto of one nation, two nations of the late Heydar Aliyev being adopted. The streets of Baku carry flags of the Turkish and Azerbaijani delegation to the enthusiasm of our Azerbaijani brothers in becoming partners. We commemorate the martyred Azerbaijani soldier and 100 civilian brothers with mercy.
During the conversations we had during my visit, we discussed the road map that we will follow on the international stage in Karabakh and with other countries. We assess the reconstruction and various development projects in the lands liberated from the occupation by Azerbaijan. We witnessed the signing of various agreements in the field of media and investment, as well as the protocol that allows our citizens to travel with an identity card. Now we will go to Azerbaijan with identity cards. “
Karabakh is no longer a frozen conflict, but a glorious victory as a result of victory over falsehood.
With the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh, the doors of a new era were opened in the Caucasus. From now on, a new status quo will be established in the region, with peace instead of conflict, cooperation instead of tension, good neighborly relations instead of hostility.
“OUR ORIENTATION ARE OUR GOALS FOR 2023”
We prepared the third budget of the presidential government system during the global epidemic and economic crisis. In this process, we always take a different approach by making negative evaluations about our country’s economy. In 2008, we said that while all developed and developing countries were going through a serious financial crisis, we would come out of this process with force, let’s remember those days.
We say the same for this year. International economic organizations, which used to draw very negative pictures about our country, little by little began to bring their assessments closer to what we call them. To take our country to the level it deserves in the process of political and economic restructuring accelerated by the epidemic.
The world seeks a more balanced distribution of production and trade in the economy. Turkey is one of the many advantages of this country. We manage considering the great potential that we have ahead. Our most important guide and guide in the new period are our goals for 2023. With this understanding, we have built the 2021 budget on the principles of production, investment, employment, export and growth. I want our budget to be beneficial to our country and our nation.
“WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY WITH OUR CITIZENS IN ANY SITUATION”
In any case, we will continue to be with our citizens. We know very well the strengths and vulnerabilities of our economy. As we consolidate our strengths, we take the necessary steps to address our vulnerabilities. I ask my citizens to be in a good mood, to trust us and our economic management, despite those who constantly instill pessimism. It grew 6.7 percent in the third quarter of the year due to the policies we implemented, credit expansion and normalization steps. Thus, Turkey, the EU was the fastest growing country in the third quarter of the G20 and the OECD countries.
Very pleased with us was the 23.5 percent annual increase in investments in machinery and equipment. 851 new factories began production in our organized industrial zones. 13,546 facilities were registered in the manufacturing industry register and production began. We also see the effects of this good evolution on the production side on employment. Thanks to the measures we have taken and the employment support we have implemented, the unemployment rate in September was 12.7 percent compared to the previous year.
In the global economy, we live in a period that can go down in the history of the economy. Turkey’s economy to all kinds of rigorous testing, has prepared cases against emerging opportunities and different scenarios. I ask my citizens to be of good cheer and to trust us and our economic management despite those who constantly instill pessimism.
In addition to portfolio flows, we seek to attract direct international investment to our country. I hope that our citizens convert their savings from foreign currency to TL and support our fight with investments that will contribute to production and employment. We lowered the withholding rates on interest and dividends related to Turkish lira deposits and participation accounts. Consequently, retention rates will continue to apply until the end of March as 5 percent instead of 15 percent for accounts with a term of up to 6 months, 3 percent instead of 12 percent for accounts. accounts with a maturity of up to one year and 0 percent instead of 10 percent for those over one year. As of last week, our banks were not short foreign exchange and there was a surplus of USD 3.2 billion in the sector.
Our country has the potential to provide the support they need to all investors thanks to its strong banking system. We are in an intense struggle to overcome the pressures and costs imposed on the Turkish economy through interest, inflation and foreign exchange operations. Our production assortment, our logistics facilities, our strong supply chain, we offer incentives and we are not behind our dynamic workforce that will delight everyone who invests in Turkey. We will achieve significant gains in the fight against the problem of the structural current account deficit by minimizing dependence on imports of intermediate goods in production. How we handled inflation in the past and if we reduced it to single digits, now we will provide it again.
NEW DECISIONS
We determine the actions we take considering the future of our nation. As we watch the increase in the number of cases and occupancy rates in our hospitals, we share additional measures with our nation, including curfews.
We will continue to apply the VAT rate to workplace rental services, which we reduced from 18 percent to 8 percent, to 8 percent through June 1. We are extending the implementation period of the withholding tax rate on real estate rentals, which we reduced from 20 percent to 10 percent through the end of the year, until June 1. We are extending the implementation period of the withholding tax rate on real estate rentals, which we reduced from 20 percent to 10 percent through the end of the year, until June 1. Tax, minibus and service operators, marketers, tailors, auto repair shops, restaurants, patisseries, men’s and women’s hair salons, hostels, dormitories, kindergartens, wedding salon operators will benefit from direct payment of support to the merchants that we will provide in the form of a grant. We have extended VAT discounts, which cover many sectors, from accommodation to food and beverage, passenger transport and maintenance repair, until June 1. We will provide rental support of 750 lire per month in metropolitan cities and 500 lire in other provinces for three months to our merchants whose place of employment is rental.
We have given the municipalities the opportunity to decide on a reduction or postponement of the fees derived from the use of rights of easement, lease and similar use of real estate they own or own.
We will make a monthly maintenance payment of 1000 lire for 3 months to a total of 1 million 239 thousand 438 people. We offer a total of TL 3 billion 718 million of support of Lire 1 billion 240 million per month to our merchants.
We postpone Lease, Final Permit, Final Assignment, Easement Right, Utilization Permit, Utilization Sharing and Income and Private Resident Payment Terms for 1 Year without Requesting an Application Requirement .
The families of our health workers with occupational disabilities will have many opportunities, from salary to additional payments, from interest-free home loans to educational and training assistance for their children, from the right to employment to discounts on bills.
According to the staff of our healthcare workers who lost their lives during the epidemic period, the status of occupational disability / occupational diseases will be quickly concluded.
The curfew will be applied from Thursday, December 31 at 9:00 p.m. to January 4 at 5:00 a.m.
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