The cost of a tea-and-simit meal for a family of 5 has been revealed! According to Erdoğan's calculation...
As a result of the government's economic policies, even the simit has become a luxury. In Ankara, the price of a simit has surpassed that of bread, rising to 15 TL. This brings to mind the time when AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized then-Prime Minister Tansu Çiller in 1993, while he was in the Welfare Party, using the 'tea-simit calculation'.
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In 2002, when the AKP came to power, a simit cost 0.2 TL and a glass of tea cost 0.1 TL. When the Presidential Government System was adopted on July 10, 2018, the price of a simit was 1.25 TL and the price of tea was 2.5 TL.
According to a report in Sözcü, the record price hike for simit brings to mind the "tea-simit calculation" of AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
In 1993, while active in the Welfare Party, Erdoğan criticized then-Prime Minister Tansu Çiller with the "tea-simit calculation", stating, "This cruel administration does not even deem this noble nation worthy of a glass of tea and a simit," and performed the following calculation:
"This brother of yours always has a calculation. How much is a glass of tea? How much is a simit? You have three children, your wife makes four, you make five. Look, you will eat nothing but tea and simit. The month is 30 days. What does that come to? Who will pay the house rent? Who will pay the electricity and water bills? Who will cover the children's school expenses? I ask you; this cruel administration does not even deem this noble nation worthy of a glass of tea and a simit. How can you follow them?"
In the 22nd year of Erdoğan's rule, the tea-simit calculation for a family of 5 reaches 11,250 liras. A glass of tea is 10 TL, and a simit is 15 liras. Eating one simit and drinking one glass of tea in a single meal costs 25 liras. A single meal for a family of five reaches 125 liras, while the daily expenditure for three meals of simit and tea reaches 375 TL. According to this calculation, a citizen earning the minimum wage of 17,002 liras is left with 5,572 liras.