Turkey raises public worker salaries by 45% days before elections
The Turkish government is raising its workers’ salaries by 45 percent, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, five days before Turks vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. Polls show Erdogan in a tight race with the main opposition presidential candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan announced the pay rise on Tuesday at a meeting in Ankara that discussed the…