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Turkish doctoral student Gulfer Ulas saw the first edition of her favorite Thomas Mann collection published for 33 liras (about US$3 at the latest exchange rate).
She found the second print of the same two-volume set selling months later at her Istanbul book shop for 70 liras (about US$6).
The jump exemplifies the debilitating unpredictability of Turkey’s raging economic crisis on almost all facets of daily life from shopping to education and culture.
Publishers fear it could also kill off an industry that offers a rare voice of diversity in a country where most media obey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s socially conservative