Living conditions are getting harder each day in Turkey due to the economic crisis only to be made even worse because of the coronavirus pandemic. Most people can hardly afford to pay their rent, and bills like electricity, water, natural gas and telephone. A Mesopotamia News Agency reports about the lives of citizens living in […]Read More
The rise in exchange rates is condemning many citizens to poverty, and the numbers of people being affected in this manner are rising daily.Read More
Farmers in southeast Turkey complain that agricultural production is no longer economically viable. Many farmers state that they cannot even afford the cost of cultivating cabbages, which were planted in May and gathered in October. “Whatever we plant, our costs are not covered. The price of diesel, fertilizer and water is high”, noted a farmer.Read More
People living in İstanbul are increasingly suffering from the economic crisis in Turkey. They cannot afford even basic essentials and they blame state politics for that.Read More
Criticism of President Erdoğan’s flippant response to a citizen who said he was struggling to pay for bread continues.Read More
The Turkish lira reached a record low on Monday, trading at more than 8 against the US dollar for the first time, passing a key psychological threshold for investors.Read More
People in Tunceli (Dersim) in Turkey are increasingly complaining that with each passing day, the economic downturn is affecting them and making it harder for many to even buy basic essentials.Read More
David Malpass, the President of the World Bank, warned of an impending financial debt crisis. Malpass drew attention to the increasing debt stock in developing and newly industrializing countries.Read More
Turkey’s currency continues to depreciate against the United States (US) dollar. The dollar rose again above the 7.85 Turkish Lira (TL) level, and the euro rose to 9.23.Read More
Seda Taşkın – Kars The sunflower harvest season has begun in the Arpaçay district of the city of Kars (Qers) in Turkey.Read More