Memur-Sen explained that hunger limit of a family of four is 871 TL, and the poverty line is 5,229 TL. To compare to the previous month, the hunger limit increased by 40 TL and the poverty line increased by 61 TL. The minimum wage which is 603 liras is under the hunger limit with 268 Turkish liras!
According to Memur-Sen, education-culture products had a price increase of 1.11 percent. Price increase, 8.09 percent increase in foreign tour for one week and more, 5.61 percent increase in game console prices were seen. According to the month of February, the most spectacular increase was observed in diesel prices with 1.72 percent.
INCREASE IN WATER PRICES
While an increase of 0.93 percent was observed in environmental and water prices, the average change in communication material prices was 0.24 percent, the personal hygiene and care material prices was 0,12 percent, and the price of the living material goods increased 0.73 percent. The price multiplier increases by 2.21 percent whitewash and paint materials, telephone spare parts with an increase of 1.34 percent, increased by 4.04 percent shaving materials attention to the material prices.