Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Hürriyet - TUIK figures reveal drops in hunger, poverty across Turkey

"TUIK figures reveal drops in hunger, poverty across Turkey

The Turkish Institute of Statistics (TUIK) has released its figures depicting poverty and hunger levels in Turkey for the year 2005. According to TUIK's 'Results of the 2005 Poverty Project' report, there were 623,000 people in Turkey living beneath the hunger level, while 14,681,000 people in Turkey were beneath the poverty level in 2005. "

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