Economic crisis deepens: Citizens continue to collect food from trash
In the Çukurambar neighborhood of Ankara's Çankaya district, an elderly woman approached a luxury residential complex. The elderly woman, who rummaged through a trash container, took home the vegetables, fruits, and stale bread that were still edible.
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In Ankara's Çukurambar neighborhood, an elderly woman rummaged through the trash container of a luxury residential complex located next to the Taurus Mall in the Balgat-Çukurambar area, where the AKP Headquarters is also situated.
According to a report by Yavuz Alatan from Sözcü; the elderly woman then sat on the street and sorted through the rotten vegetables, fruits, and stale bread she had collected from the trash bin, keeping what was still edible. She put them in a bag and took them home.
Low-income individuals struggling to make ends meet and retirees condemned to the lowest pensions often collect rotten vegetables and fruits—some of which are still edible—that are discarded near local markets, especially close to closing time. People rummaging through trash containers in search of food are frequently encountered.