Economics

Turkey Set to Skip Minimum-Wage Hike in Boost for Investors

Workers clean the floor of a self service cafe area in Ankara, Turkey.

Photographer: Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg

Turkey’s government plans to skip a mid-year increase in the minimum wage, according to people with knowledge of the matter, resisting political pressure to alleviate rising living costs.

Such a move would likely be viewed positively by investors, who see restrictions on salaries as a means to gauge the willingness of Turkish officials to tackle persistently high inflation.