Türk-İş announced the results of the hunger and poverty line survey for May. Accordingly, the hunger limit of a family of four rose to 18 thousand 969 TL and the poverty line to 61 thousand 788 TL.
The results of the “Hunger and Poverty Line Survey” conducted by Türk-İş every month in order to reveal the living conditions of the employees and to determine the reflections of the price changes in basic necessities on the family budget were announced in May 2024.
According to the research, this month, the “hunger limit”, which refers to the amount of food expenditure that a family of 4 people should make in order to have a healthy, balanced and adequate diet, was determined as 18 thousand 969 liras.
The “poverty line”, which corresponds to the total amount of other compulsory expenditures for food and clothing, housing, transportation, education, health and similar needs, was 61 thousand 788 liras.
The “cost of living” of a single employee was calculated as 24 thousand 609 liras per month.
