In Turkey, the economic crisis plunges the middle classes into distress

Naciye did not cry by saying that she had to cut the heating and that her children had complained about the cold.She did not cry, either, when she remembered the time before - when she could leave, with the family, to offer herself a piece of sun on the Aegean coast.Nor by evoking the three teeth that she can no longer treat, and which make each of her meals suffering.But to the memory of this young mother and her newborn that she saw cold cold in the metro, dressed in light clothes when mercury was around negative temperatures, Naciye melts in tears."The baby was almost blue.Her mother told me that she had no more money for anything.I gave him my scarf, that's all I could do.»»

"Meat has become a luxury"»

Like millions of people in Turkey, Naciye has seen its existence darkening as the country was brought into an unprecedented economic crisis.Employed in a union for 3,800 Turkish pounds per month (241 euros), the 44 -year -old mother fights with a real estate credit of 7,500 Turkish pounds, that her husband's salary (6000 Turkish pounds) struggles to reimburse.The economic crisis, latent since 2018, has accelerated since September, while Turkish money has lost 45 % of its value against the dollar in one year.The purchasing power of the Turks decreases day by day, while a new concern gangrene spirits: hunger.According to a report dated November 2021 of the World Food Program, 26.8 %…