While a maximum of two tins of 5-kilogram (kg) oils are sold in many markets, 1 liter milk’s price exceeding 15 Turkish Liras (TL) is also limited to 2 units. Market authorities stated that they resorted to this way to sell products to every customer, while sales of flour and sugar are also limited.
BOTH 1 KG OF OLIVE OIL AND 1 KG OF EMPTY TIN: 35 TL!
Erkan Özmaya, who is an olive producer in Kilis district of Gaziantep Province, said that he could not earn money from olives this year. Stating that the liter of olive oil in the factory is 35 TL, farmer Özmaya said, “Currently, an empty olive oil tin weighing one kilogram is 35 TL. Let them explain this," he said.
“There is 58 thousand tons of oil coming from Syria right next to us. In Gaziantep, oil producers' own oils went unsold in their hands. Today, 1 liter of oil is 35 TL. In 1 liter of oil, only 10 TL is the cost. You pick it on the same day, you bring it, you sell 1 liter of 3 liters of oil and give it to the worker, you have 2 liters left. Make the calculation of this olive oil, which produces a product every two years. As of today, diesel over 10 TL. You do the math,"he added.