state news agency "Anatolia" is on the verge of bankruptcy and is having trouble paying their employees, according to reports from the unions, which threatened call a strike at the company in less than two months if their demands are not met.
According to Turkish Journalists Union (TGS), which mainly represents staff working at the agency Anatolia (Anadolu in Turkish), the agency faces serious funding problems and is struggling to pay their staff. Sadik Ercan İpekçi, TGS union president, says the problem but they are not employees, but poor management and high salaries of their executives.
"If the AA (Anadolu Ajans, or agency Anatolia) is in this situation of bankruptcy, we must demand explanations from their managers rather than employees," said İpekçi, who alleged that the agency has sought to use difficult economic situation the agency to cut their workers' rights during the negotiation period collectively with the unions.
staff Anatolia Agency announced two weeks ago that he would go on strike in early May if their demands are not met after the failure of negotiation between staff, union representatives TGS, and managers the agency. The negotiations began last November, but have reached an impasse after the Anatolia address refuses to accept almost a third of the demands of the workers.
The agency officials defend themselves by saying the company faces a critical economic situation and is having trouble paying their employees. However, the Turkish daily "Radikal" published last week ensuring information that the director general of Anatolia, Hilmi Bengi, has a total monthly salary of 24,500 lire (just over 11,000 euros), representing more than four times the salary of more paid public officials in Turkey, the vice secretary of the government, earning 6,500 lire (about 3,000 euros) per month.
Net income of general director of the agency becomes more outrageous when compared with the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who despite his office receives a salary less than half the winning Bengi: YTL 12,000 per month (around 5,700 euros). Even President of the Republic, Abdullah Gül, who earns 24,000 lire a month (less than 11,000 euros), earns a salary for his position below the CEO of Anatolia.
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disseminated information, the Turkish news agency said in a statement that the information contained in the article published by the press was "false" and that salaries of managers of Anatolia had been "exaggerated" however, anonymous sources quoted by the newspaper "Radikal" later confirmed that the data were accurate. According to sources, the deputy directors general of Anatolia also receive a monthly salary of 22,500 lire (about 10,300 euros), almost twice as prime minister of Turkey.
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