The rhetoric of the government that "the West is jealous of us" was rotten by a citizen's market account!
The rhetoric of "the West is jealous of us", constantly uttered by members of the government, gained another dimension with the recent AK Party Group Deputy Chairman Mehmet Emin Akbaşoğlu's comparison of France-Turkey inflation.
However, in February, the market account of a citizen in both Germany and Turkey revealed the facts.
The rhetoric of "The West is jealous of us" used by the government as a defense mechanism due to the high prices in all product groups in Turkey has been disproved!
A citizen in both Germany and Turkey in February compared the minimum wage and grocery shopping of both countries.
The comparison of the citizens also revealed the bitter truth in Turkey.
While only two items of products can be purchased with one day's wage of the minimum wage in Turkey, it is noteworthy that 16 items of products can be purchased with the one-day wage of Germany's minimum wage.
900 grams of beef and 900 grams of ground meat can be bought.
While the daily wage of the minimum wage of 4,243 in Turkey is equivalent to 142 TL, only 900 grams of beef and 900 grams of minced meat can be bought with a daily wage.
In Germany, the minimum wage, which is 1,800 Euros, is equivalent to 60 Euros for a day's wage, while a daily wage can buy 1 kilo of veal and 1 kilo of minced meat, as well as 14 more items.
This situation reveals that the rhetoric of the government that "the West is jealous of us" does not reflect the truth.