AKP deputy opens electricity hike to debate in commission
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Recent hikes in electricity costs have produced anger even among ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentarians, prompting a defense from the Energy Ministry.
Turkish residents have been reacting to the recent 6.8 percent hike in electricity prices, AKP Bursa deputy Cemalettin Kani Torun said during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Commission. “Almost half of the bill is for distribution costs.”
Electricity prices rose by 6.8 percent on Jan. 1 in Turkey.
In an information note signed by Deputy Energy Ministry Undersecretary Seda Sadık Aytekin, the Energy Ministry declared that rising costs in distribution and transmission, as well as the increase in the minimum wage, were to blame for the rise