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Friday, February 05, 2016

Bread, meat and a blame game: food prices fuel Turkish inflation | Reuters

Bread, meat and a blame game: food prices fuel Turkish inflation

* Red meat and bread costs leap

* Economists see structural problems

* Inefficient supply chain and farming blamed

By Asli Kandemir

ISTANBUL, Feb 5 Standing amid a jumble of food stalls in an Istanbul market, 61-year-old Gulsen Yuce wonders how she can stretch an already tight budget to make ends meet as food prices rise week after week.

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