Citizens aged 65 and over who were banned from going out on the 21st of March due to the Corona virus epidemic were allowed to go out to the streets between 11.00 and 15.00 yesterday. An 83-year-old citizen tried to earn the bread money in the said 4 hours.
According to the news of DHA, some of the citizens aged 65 and over went out in Tire district of Izmir, some of them walked, some of them sat in the parks, sunbathed and chatted. 83-year-old Kadir Kayak wandered on this leave and waited for his customers by setting up the paint counter to earn bread money instead of getting air.
Kayak said, “My job is musician but besides this, I have been painting shoes as an additional job for 60 years. Due to the known epidemic, we are currently unable to perform our profession. Today, I did not want to stay idle on the 4-hour track. But the job I expected was not done. ”
65 YEARS OVER 760 THOUSAND PEOPLE WORK
Turkey Statistical Institute (TUIK) data, and 7 million 562 thousand people 65 and older in Turkey. 760 thousand of them are in employment, that is, they work. The real figure is estimated to be well beyond the official figures.
While the population over 65 is 7 million 562 thousand people, some of them can get pensions. However, many of those who can get pensions are also forced to work due to low wages.
The lowest pension, during the corona virus epidemic It was increased from 1256 TL to 1500 TL, but millions of retirees have to work because they cannot get along with their pensions.
