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Turkey: Long lines for cheap bread in Istanbul amid lira crisis

“We used to buy four loaves but one loaf is now three lira. How can we buy it?”

As prices soar in Turkey, people are lining up to buy cheap subsidised bread. Turkey’s lira lost 46% of its value to the US dollar this year, while the cost of living surges.
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