Üstel: “If early retirement were feasible, we would have implemented it”

In a written statement, Üstel said that lowering the retirement age to 55 is not possible today. He said the CTP is trying to downplay the UBP’s major achievements and present its concrete projects for the new term as if they were dreams.

Üstel argued that the CTP is presenting an early retirement promise that cannot be realised. He said early retirement would collapse the economy, dynamite the basis of economic and financial cooperation protocols and completely cut off the inflow of resources to the country.

Üstel said the UBP has fulfilled all its promises over the past five years and has planned every step for the new term, including securing funding. Responding to criticism that its projects are “dreams”, he said the party has delivered every project its opponents called a dream and will remain in power.