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Can someone explain this?
Because of this nonsense of a free market economy, the country is getting worse every day. People are immoral, business is immoral, the government doesn't intervene in anything. This system can't function this way.

The free market should be abolished and fixed prices adopted. There's no other solution. But the leaders lack the courage to challenge the global order; they just do whatever Western countries tell them to.

The situation the country has reached is truly frustrating.
 

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Because of this nonsense of a free market economy, the country is getting worse every day. People are immoral, business is immoral, the government doesn't intervene in anything. This system can't function this way.

The free market should be abolished and fixed prices adopted. There's no other solution. But the leaders lack the courage to challenge the global order; they just do whatever Western countries tell them to.

The situation the country has reached is truly frustrating.
Are u trying to say we should became Communist !
We see how 'great' communism worked 🤦‍♂️
 

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There is bad reporting problem in Türkiye, anyone becomes a reporter using the Internet and starts hunting for clicks.
 

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Are u trying to say we should became Communist !
We see how 'great' communism worked 🤦‍♂️
I'm not trying to say anything; just as I wrote, to elaborate, selling lettuce for 50 lira in the supermarket, while selling it for 2 lira in the field, is pure robbery. From the middlemen involved to the high prices offered by the supermarkets, everyone is engaging in commercial immorality. Because of the free market economy (serbest piyasa), the government can't intervene in any way. The solution is to abandon the simple free market economy and set fixed prices for certain basic needs, setting upper and lower limits.
 

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There is bad reporting problem in Türkiye, anyone becomes a reporter using the Internet and starts hunting for clicks.
After 2 decades of “good reporting problem”, it’s time for a reality check.
Does the government any plan to protect the agricultural farmers?
 

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After 2 decades of “good reporting problem”, it’s time for a reality check.
Does the government any plan to protect the agricultural farmers?
Government already protects farmers but not showmen. Dumping watermelons on the marketplace is a crime and sharing crime videos is being partners in crime. Not every businessman is a successful businessman, you don't dump your goods in the marketplace because you fuck up.
 

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I just came back from the farmers' market, you can find tomatoes for as cheap as 10 lira, I bought 30₺ per kilo pink ones of good quality. Very good quality peaches is 100₺ but yesterday I saw them for 230 lira at a greengrocer in the next neighborhood down. If you want to find products cheaper you go to the market by the closing time, it is like the happy hour.
 
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I just came back from the farmers' market, you can find tomatoes as cheap as 10 lira, I bough 30₺ per kilo pink ones of good quality. Very good quality peaches is 100$ but yesterday I saw them for 230 lira at a greengrocer. If you want to find products cheaper you go to the market by the closing time, it is like the happy hour.
Congratulations. You are the only one who find affordable foods in Türkiye.
 

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Government already protects farmers but not showmen. Dumping watermelons on the marketplace is a crime and sharing crime videos is being partners in crime. Not every businessman is a successful businessman, you don't dump your goods in the marketplace because you fuck up.
It sounds AKP is afraid of negative “News” and public relations.
Next time, when Turks are going to a ballot box, they should think twice if they want to vote for AKP. I hope till their, no one will be starve.
 

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Government already protects farmers but not showmen. Dumping watermelons on the marketplace is a crime and sharing crime videos is being partners in crime. Not every businessman is a successful businessman, you don't dump your goods in the marketplace because you fuck up.
I know that supporting akp means to defend everything they said without questioning. I am fine with that.
But you cant call a protest a "crime" . Actually calling people "criminal " without any conviction is a "crime". It is called "defamatory statement".
And what is wrong with you. Economy is f.cked . There is a fortune transfer from middle class to a few rich people and if you dont see it I dont know what else to say .
 

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I know that supporting akp means to defend everything they said without questioning. I am fine with that.
But you cant call a protest a "crime" . Actually calling people "criminal " without any conviction is a "crime". It is called "defamatory statement".
And what is wrong with you. Economy is f.cked . There is a fortune transfer from middle class to a few rich people and if you dont see it I dont know what else to say .
Such action has recently been ruled as criminal, it is not my judgement.

"I know that supporting akp means to defend everything they said without questioning. I am fine with that."

How can you make such a statement, it is simply derogatory, I will simply ignore you from now on.
 

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I know that supporting akp means to defend everything they said without questioning. I am fine with that.
But you cant call a protest a "crime" . Actually calling people "criminal " without any conviction is a "crime". It is called "defamatory statement".
And what is wrong with you. Economy is f.cked . There is a fortune transfer from middle class to a few rich people and if you dont see it I dont know what else to say .
Thats how Akp fans works, using legal without knowing what legal means.
 

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I checked the prices in supermarkets/markets/bazar with the ones in Germany. The results, their is no big differences. Can someone explain me, how can people who live in Türkiye, are able to buy foods?
 

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I checked the prices in supermarkets/markets/bazar with the ones in Germany. The results, their is no big differences. Can someone explain me, how can people who live in Türkiye, are able to buy foods?

Depends. (For a family of four with the income of one experienced teacher and no spending for rent) You can eat steak 30 days a month. But you shouldn't have extra spendings and should track for the cheapest prices for that. If there's someone in the family who loves keeping their wardrobe full, if they go for events such as concerts or if they go to cafes it gets harder. If the family is renewing their phones annually or car in every 3-5 years or if they're living in rent it's almost impossible (1 steak per month maybe?).

If the family has the income of two teachers, they can eat steak everyday with extra spendings.

In short, one teacher can provide meat to an average family few to several times a month.

I know a lot of families of teachers (including mine). I hope this helps you understand the middle class. Oh and eating out is so expensive. Gotta be your own chef 😅

Salary of teachers = 2,5 to 4 minimum wages. Calculations are based on prices in an average city. These are not accurate for Istanbul or any other expensive city.
 

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In OECD even Mexico and Chile are better than us in income inequality; only Colombia and Costa Rica are worse. This sort of immiseration leads to revolutions. The greed of the ruling party and its bankrollers in the construction sector and part of the old guard of industrialists knows no bounds and will come back to bite them hard if they don't find a solution to this extreme levels of consolidation of wealth.
 

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IMF October report, Türkiye moved up by one place as did Saudi Arabia


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14.5% of Türkiye's central government budget goes to interest payment on debt.
 
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