Cash-strapped Turks seek alternative heat sources amid soaring gas prices

STORY: Cash-strapped Turks seek alternative heat sources amid soaring gas prices DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of city views of Istanbul city 2. various of the stove bazaar, people shopping in the bazaar 3. various of Emirali Gulmez, a retired Turkish citizen shopping in stove bazaar 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): EMIRALI GULMEZ, Local resident 5. various of the stove bazaar, wood and coal stoves 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): EMIRALI GULMEZ, Local resident 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): HAKAN CETIN, Co-owner of stove store 8. various of stove bazaar, wood and coal stoves 9. various of Murat Celik, owner of Celik Soba in stove bazaar 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): MURAT CELIK, Owner of Celik Soba 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (Turkish): FARUK TOPCU, Cafe owner in downtown Istanbul 12. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 13. various of gas pipeline STORYLINE: With consecutive hikes in the past six months, natural gas prices have increased by 85 percent in Türkiye

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES

(221013) -- ISTANBUL, Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Emirali Gulmez, a retired Turkish citizen in his late 70s, is interviewed with Xinhua at a stove bazaar in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Oct. 11, 2022. With consecutive hikes in the past six months, natural gas prices have increased by 85 percent in the country, forcing more and more Istanbul residents to consider transforming their heating systems based on natural gas into wood and coal-burning stoves. (Xinhua/Shadati) TO GO WITH Feature: Cash-strapped Turks seek alternative heat sources amid soaring gas prices