As prices go up in Turkey, increasing bills unite families
Emphasizing that poverty unites families into a single home, IPA General Coordinator has said that citizens have difficulty paying bills. According to YUKSEL from DYA, families with children need milk, the most.
Millions of citizens are being oppressed under high inflation in the economic crisis. The economic policies of the government has deepened the gap between the poor and the rich.
The images (and videos) of those who are trying to find food to eat from vegetable leftovers at market places, those who are creating a long queue for outdated products, are increasing every day.
According to the data of the Istanbul Planning Agency (IPA), meat is not consumed by 300 thousand households in the megacity where 16 million people live. Considering that the average household size is 4 people, 7 out of 100 people living in Istanbul cannot eat meat. In the last one and a half years alone, the number of households applying to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) for support has exceeded 600 thousand. In the last two years, more than 150 thousand children have received Public Milk. On the other hand, the report titled “Child Poverty in Turkey” published by the Deep Poverty Network (DYA), which conducts studies and researches on poverty, reveals the life struggle of families.
