Türk-İş, which showed that the hunger limit reached the minimum wage level last month, announced that the hunger limit exceeded the minimum wage with the data it shared for February. The poverty line has risen to almost four times the minimum wage.
Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (Türk-İş), February 2022 hunger and poverty line shared his data this morning. Türk-İş, which showed that the hunger limit rose to the same level as the minimum wage last month, showed that the feared situation unfortunately came true in the data it shared this month.
According to Türk-İş data, the hunger limit surpassed the minimum wage in the second month of the year. Accordingly, the amount of monthly food expenditure that a family of four should make in order to have a healthy, balanced and adequate diet, that is, hunger limit increased to 4,552.26 TL this month. This limit was announced as 4.249 TL last month.
The poverty line is almost 4 times the minimum wage:
The poverty line, which left the minimum wage behind in Turkey a long time ago, increased the gap this month. It covers all monthly expenses of a family of four, such as rent, utility bills, transportation, education, as well as monthly food expenditure. poverty line announced as 15,139 TL. The poverty line was announced as 13,843 TL last month.
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In addition, the ‘cost of living’ of a single employee was updated to TL 5,969. This figure was 5,587 TL last month. However, the increase in kitchen inflation is 7.12% per month, 66.38% per annum was stated. According to official data, the rise in the prices of fertilizers and soil improvers also exceeding 150% expressed.