TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-FEAST SHOPPING-TIGHT BUDGET

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-FEAST SHOPPING-TIGHT BUDGET

(230623) -- ISTANBUL, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers select goods in a small shop at the Mahmutpasa neighborhood in Istanbul, Türkiye, June 19, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Turks' Eid celebration squeezed by limited budget due to high inflation" (Photo by Omer Kuscu/Xinhua)

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-FEAST SHOPPING-TIGHT BUDGET

TÜRKIYE-ISTANBUL-FEAST SHOPPING-TIGHT BUDGET

(230623) -- ISTANBUL, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers select goods in a small shop at the Mahmutpasa neighborhood in Istanbul, Türkiye, June 19, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Turks' Eid celebration squeezed by limited budget due to high inflation" (Photo by Omer Kuscu/Xinhua)

Turks' Eid celebration squeezed by limited budget due to high inflation

STORY: Turks' Eid celebration squeezed by limited budget due to high inflation DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. various of people shopping in the bazaar in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): ILYAS ORGEN, Shopkeeper 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): ILYAS ORGEN, Shopkeeper 5. various of people shopping in the Bazaar in Istanbul, Türkiye 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): BUNYAMIN GUZEL, Shopkeeper 7. various of people shopping in a luggage store in Istanbul, Türkiye 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): OSMAN BILGE, Shopkeeper 9. various of a luggage store in Istanbul, Türkiye 10. various of Murat Tufan, an analyst with the Ekoturk broadcaster 11. various of Türkiye's central bank STORYLINE: Hundreds of small shops along the steep slopes of Istanbul's Mahmutpasa neighborhood have been the main destinations for the Turkish people's renowned tradition of "feast shopping." In this one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, a su