2021-04-19 12:36:31 GMT2021-04-19 20:36:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ISTANBUL, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Hayriye Ustun strolled around her neighborhood marketplace looking for the best prices as she suffered from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has sent food prices through the roof.
"I can assure you that each week, I see the prices of items going up, and it is very challenging for us because wages stay almost steady," the 47-year-old housewife told Xinhua in Istanbul's Kozyatagi neighborhood.
Ustun complained that she needs more money each month to fill her two bags of groceries for her family of four, living in Turkey's biggest and busiest city. Her husband is the sole breadwinner of the family.