Turks struggle to buy food as poverty increases
STORY: Turks struggle to buy food as poverty increases
DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022
LENGTH: 00:04:41
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of people in Turkey
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): TUNCAY YUKSEL, Shop owner in Ankara
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): TUNCAY YUKSEL, Shop owner in Ankara
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): TUNCAY YUKSEL, Shop owner in Ankara
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): FATMA EREN, Homemaker
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Turkish): NEVIN GUNGOR, Pensioner
STORYLINE:
The cost of living has skyrocketed in Türkiye as poverty is increasing in the country with near 80-percent inflation.
According to a recent survey, some 70 percent of Turks cannot afford the food cost and one in two people are unable to afford their basic necessities.
Despite the government's efforts to curb inflation, Turks are feeling the pain as their income shrinks in the face of rising consumer prices.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): TUNCAY YUKSEL, Shop owner in Ankara
"The price of everything has gone up and the purchasing power of citizens has dro
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