Price rises, tax hikes make Turks feel worse-off
STORY: Price rises, tax hikes make Turks feel worse-off
DATELINE: July 15, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:24
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of people on the streets in Türkiye
2. various of Turkish Lira and U.S. dollar
3. various of people at shopping in a fresh vegetable bazaar in Türkiye
4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): JALE TASIYAN, Hotel Employee
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): MURAT KOCAS, Graduate student in Civil Engineering
STORYLINE:
Turkish consumers are facing a new wave of stinging price increases and tax hikes as the value of the national currency continues dipping against the background of a cost-of-living crisis.
Jale Tasiyan, a 46-year-old hotel employee, told Xinhua that mounting living expenses are forcing him to consider leaving Türkiye.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): JALE TASIYAN, Hotel Employee
"I want to leave Türkiye. I want to take my children and my family to live in Germany.
Life is very expensive here, it is impossible to make ends meet in Türkiye anymore, even though three people are
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