Turkey’s Minimum Wage Determination Commission after a series of meetings today decided upon the minimum wage.Read More
The fourth and final meeting of the Minimum Wage Determination Commission was held on 28 December in Turkey and the commission has determined the net and gross minimum wages for 2021.Read More
As the economic crisis deepens in Turkey, animal breeders are among the worst affected by rising costs.Read More
As the trustee policy continues in Turkey, a new scandal related to Mardin’s (Merdîn) metropolitan municipality has been revealed. A report prepared by civil inspectors revealed the crimes of Zeyni Teker, one of the key colleagues of the municipality’s trustee, Mustafa Yaman.Read More
by Dylan Hasan – Beirut A peaceful demonstration by thousands of students in Beirut turned into a scene of violence after riot police and the army intervened.Read More
Selman Güzelyüz Translated from the Mesopotamia News Agency The impact of Covid-19 has deepened the economic crisis and the division between rich and poor in Turkey this year. While 1.5 million people were thrust into poverty as a consequence of the growing unemployment rate and the rising cost of living, nearly 100,000 people have become […]Read More
Already harmed by the curfews implemented four years ago, the shopkeepers of Yüksekova district of Hakkari (Colemêrg) in Turkey are having difficulties due to their products being seized, ecnomocial crisis and the Covid pandemic. Yüksekova Chamber of Merchants and Craftsmen (YETSO) chair Vedat Çoğaç stated that 117 shopkeepers closed up their shops in the last […]Read More
Seda Taşkın People of Diyarbakır (Amed) reflect on the economic difficulties they face amid the deepening financial crisis in Turkey.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo The Coronavirus outbreak has helped the food delivery service in Egypt to thrive. Before the pandemic, only 25% of orders at the nation’s restaurants reached clients through the delivery service. However, the Coronavirus outbreak has ensured the service now makes up almost all the orders reaching the clients.Read More
Economist Çeleng Ömer from Afrin (Efrîn) University has shared images of an olive processing facility in Afrin, in northern Syria, where olive oil is produced. He reports that the revenue from this olive oil production facility – amounting to as much as 100 million USD – has been spent on militant groups.Read More
