The poor's meal: Tea and simit... Erdoğan's past remarks back on the agenda
Once considered a filling meal by the poor, the simit (sesame bagel) has now entered the luxury category. In Istanbul, the cheapest simit is now 12.5 TL. Tea, which goes well with a simit, is sold for an average of 20 TL. The rise in the cost of the poor's staple meal of tea and simit has also become a prominent topic on the political agenda.
The cheapest meal known, tea and simit, has also been affected by the price hikes on everything. This situation has brought back to the agenda the remarks made years ago by President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan regarding the government of that time.
Before coming to power, Erdoğan had criticized Prime Minister Çiller by calculating the cost of tea and simit. Erdoğan had said, "This cruel administration does not even deem a glass of tea and a simit worthy for this noble nation. How can you follow them?"
In the current situation, the price of an average glass of tea in Istanbul is set at 20 TL, and the price of the cheapest simit is 12.5 TL. If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they have to spend 11,700 liras per month. A family of 4 living on the minimum wage is left with 5,302 liras.
Looking at the average prices of the tea-simit calculation over the last 9 years, the prices are as follows:
|
Year 2016 |
Simit 1 TL |
Tea 1 TL |
Minimum Wage 1300 TL |
|
Year 2017 |
Simit 1.25 TL |
Tea 1.5 TL |
Minimum Wage 1404 TL |
|
Year 2018 |
Simit 1.5 TL |
Tea 2 TL |
Minimum Wage 1603 TL |
|
Year 2019 |
Simit 1.75 TL |
Tea 3 TL |
Minimum Wage 2020 TL |
|
Year 2020 |
Simit 2 TL |
Tea 4 TL |
Minimum Wage 2324 TL |
|
Year 2021 |
Simit 3 TL |
Tea 7 TL |
Minimum Wage 2825 TL |
|
Year 2022 |
Simit 5 TL |
Tea 10 TL |
Minimum Wage 5,500 TL |
|
Year 2023 |
Simit 10 TL |
Tea 15 TL |
Minimum Wage 11,402 TL |
|
Year 2024 |
Simit 12.5 TL |
Tea 20 TL |
Minimum Wage 17,002 TL |
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 720 Lira (2016)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 990 Lira (2017)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 1260 Lira (2018)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 1710 Lira (2019)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 2160 Lira (2020)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 3600 Lira (2021)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 5400 Lira (2022)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 9000 Lira (2023)
If a family of 4 eats tea and simit for 3 meals a day, they spend 11,700 Lira per month (2024)
HIGHER THAN A RETIREE'S PENSION
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel also criticized Erdoğan's tea-simit calculation at the CHP Group Meeting today. In his speech, Özel pointed out that the tea-simit calculation has exceeded the retiree's pension. Özel said: “Tayyip Erdoğan did the simit-tea calculation, said 'shame on you,' and asked for votes. Now let's look at the simit-tea calculation. Today in Ankara, a simit is 10 TL, tea is 15 TL. One tea and one simit is 25 TL. The family is 5 people, we are calculating the lowest. 125 TL for one meal, 375 TL for 3 meals, and it becomes 11,250 TL in 30 DAYS.”
News Source: 12punto
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