CHP Gürer: 'Electricity, natural gas and internet hikes were heavy burden on the people's back'

The increase in electricity bills is remarkable
 
CHP Niğde Deputy Ömer Fethi Gürer revealed the burden of hikes to energy and basic services in Türkiye in recent years. Gürer stated that the electricity bill, which was 41.60 TL in 2016 in a household where two people live in Niğde, reached 382,40 TL as of 2025, and that it means an increase of 819 percent.

Natural gas and dues expenses also endured

Gurer, the increase in natural gas bills, drawing attention to the total natural gas consumption price in the apartment in 2018 is 8.321 TL, as of 2025, 69.490 TL, he said. Natural gas expense per apartment in the apartment from 232 TL to 1,950 TL and 740.5 percent of an increase in an increase.

Stating that the apartment dues also increased seriously, Gürer said that the dues, which is 100 TL in 2018, increased to 1.150 TL in 2025 and an increase of 1.050 percent. Accordingly, total dues and natural gas expenses, which were 332 TL in 2018, rose to 3,100 TL in 2025.

950 percent hike on internet bills

Referring to the price increase in internet services, Gürer said that the internet bill, which was 57 TL in 2018, increased to 599 TL in 2025. 950 percent of this means an increase in the CHP deputy, the Internet has become a basic need, but continuous hikes, this service has become luxurious for the citizen, he said.

Invoices cannot be paid, energy cuts are increasing

Ömer Fethi Gürer, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar'ın reminiscent of the response to the question, in the January-August period of 2024 due to debts 42.104 dutch electricity, 126,788 residential natural gas was cut. Gürer stressed that this data shows that citizens could not pay energy bills.
 
The economic burden of the citizen becomes heavier
 
CHP Gürer, Niğde two people in a household in January 2025 in January 2025, dues, electricity, natural gas and apartment natural gas use a total of 4,441 TL said. “This is a big burden for retired and minimum wage citizens, Gür said Gürer, even due to the economic crisis of the citizens of even to meet the basic needs of the citizens, he said.
 
Gürer criticized the AKP's economic policies, “At the point of Türkiye, the ruling election song 'where to where' lyrics, the economic picture clearly summarizes,” he said.
 
 
Source: Cumha - Cumhur News Agency