Hours after demonstration calling for improvement of living situation | “Salvation Government” reduces the weight of packs of bread in Idlib

Idlib province: SOHR activists have reported that the “Salvation Government” has issued a decision reducing the weight of each pack of bread, which contains seven loaves and sold for 2.5 TL, from 650 grams to 575 grams starting as of tomorrow.

 

This development coincided with the decrease in the exchange rate of the Turkish lira against the US dollar, where the Turkish lira against the US dollar recorded 9.15 TL. Meanwhile, the “Salvation Government” has not changed the price of packs of bread when the Turkish lira, which is used in Idlib, plummeted in the past days.

 

Idlib residents are struggling with dire living situations due to the high prices following the use of the Turkish Lira as the official currency in the region, where workers get wages of 20 Turkish Liras, equivalent to eight packs of bread with a total weight of 4,600 grams.