Costs of living in Türkiye ravage family budgets "like hurricane": trade unions

STORY: Costs of living in Türkiye ravage family budgets "like hurricane": trade unions DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istiklal street 2. various of people shopping in bazaar in Istanbul 3. various of exchange office 4. various of Turkish central bank 5. various of people shopping in supermarket in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: "Costs of living in Türkiye ravage family budgets like a hurricane," a Turkish trade union confederation declared in its newly released report. The poverty and hunger report, published monthly by the pro-government Turkish Confederation of Trade Unions (Turk-Is), estimated that the "poverty line," or the costs of living for a family of four in Türkiye, was well above 4 times the minimum wage. The poverty line was established at 24,185 Turkish liras (nearly 1,300 U.S. dollars) by Turk-Is, echoing similar calculations published earlier in the month by the non-affiliated United Public-Business Confede