Expensive in Türkiye; Eid Ghorbani, when only 4% of people went on a trip

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the economic crisis in Turkey continues continues. Until a few years ago, some Iranian citizens talked about the cheapness of food, clothing and housing in Turkey in many cyberspace networks, but now this trend has reversed and a large number of Iranians living in Turkey are also publishing clips. For example, in these clips, a simple loaf of bread is sold for 10 lira, and the taxi fare is at a level that only European tourists and wealthy citizens can afford.

Inflation, recession and economic crisis have covered all sectors of Turkey’s economy and economic activists were looking forward to the boom of the market during the upcoming holidays. Turkish businessmen expected that people’s trips to the 9-day holiday of Eid al-Adha would revive the market, but now it is known that only 5% of Turkey’s 85 million people will travel.

Only 4% of people can afford to travel

Tens of millions of Turkish citizens who are originally from the south, The southeast is Anatolia and the Black Sea provinces. Every holiday, they go to the east, north and south from the western provinces of Turkey to visit their families and relatives, and this practice has never stopped. But now the economic crisis and increasing inflation have made not only foreign travel, but also domestic travel a luxury and expensive option for Turkish people.

According to the latest research and field surveys It is valid all over Turkey, unlike the previous years, this year Turkish people do not travel for the Eid holiday and prefer to stay at home. that in Turkey, unlike Iran, the price of bus and train tickets is at a high level, and traveling by road in a country that buys more than one hundred billion dollars of oil from abroad every year is a cost-cutting measure.

Tens of millions of Turkish citizens, who are originally from the south, southeast, Anatolia and Black Sea provinces, go to the east, north and south from the western provinces of Turkey to visit their families and relatives on every holiday, and this practice has never stopped. It has not stopped. But now the economic crisis and increasing inflation have made not only foreign travel, but also domestic travel a luxury and expensive option for Turkish people.

A field survey conducted in 10 Province of Turkey and with the participation of 2503 people, it showed that throughout Turkey, 71.4% of the citizens of this country spend Eid al-Adha at home.

24.3% said that in They will go to the city where they live to see and visit their acquaintances. Also, 2.4 percent said that they will travel to some other provinces during the holidays, and 1.8 percent said that traveling abroad is the most important holiday plan for Eid al-Adha. In this way, only 4.2% of the people have planned to travel.

Such a situation has not been seen in Turkey in the past years and shows the spread of the economic crisis at all levels of society.

According to the research conducted by Istanbul Planning Agency based on (TÜİK) data, the average monthly consumption expenditure of the household, which was 12 thousand 159 lira in 2022, will be 24 in 2023 1,383 lira increased. Although the official inflation rate was announced at 64.8 percent, a 100.5 percent increase in spending was noted.

100 percent increase Cost of Living in Turkey
Based on the research conducted by Istanbul Planning Agency (İPA) and its comparison with the government statistics of TÜİK National Statistics Center, the average monthly household consumption expenditure in 2022 The limit was 12 thousand 159 liras, in 2023 it increased to 24 thousand 383 liras and doubled! 

In its statement, the IPA emphasized that although TÜİK announced the official inflation rate of 64.8 percent, the costs increased by 100.5 percent.

The most expensive items Households in Turkey in 2022 related to food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and clothing. According to the data released by the DİSK-AR trade union, food inflation was 71.1 percent.

According to a special report by the Turkish National Gazete newspaper, 6 out of every 10 retired citizens in Turkey Some of them have either returned to work after retirement or are looking for work.

These days in Turkey, any store that offers groceries with a measly 5 percent discount. People immediately form a queue. The pictures of the newspaper have shown that people in Istanbul are standing in line to buy 450 lira coffee, while this price is only 30 lira cheaper than the normal market rate.

One ​​of The fixed cultural and religious customs of the Turkish people is to slaughter a sacrifice on Eid al-Adha. But now the price of red meat has reached a point where the number of slaughter has decreased drastically. 

Ankara newspaper published in its economic report announced that in just 4 years, the price of livestock suitable for sacrifice has increased 12 times. While 4 years ago you could buy a suitable sacrificial sheep for 1000 lira, today you cannot buy even a kilogram of veal fillet with this money. To buy the same sheep 4 years ago, now you have to pay 12,000 liras! be reduced by 30 percent. All this while the economic team of the Erdogan government has promised that the lowering of inflation and exit from the current crisis will last at least until the second half of 2025.

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