The hunger limit exceeded 25 thousand TL!

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Lerato Khumalo

In the previous month, these figures were announced as 24,035 TL and TL 78.291, respectively.

In order to reveal the livelihood conditions of the employees by the Türk-İş Confederation and to determine the reflections of the price change in the basic needs on the family budget, according to the results of May 2025; The monthly food expenditure amount (hunger limit) to be made in order to ensure that a family of four people living in Ankara can be healthy, balanced and adequate nutrients (hunger limit) to TL 25.092.26 TL, with food expenditure and clothing, housing (rent, electricity, water, fuel), transportation, education, health and similar needs (poverty limit) to 81.73,73 TL.

A single employee ‘cost of life’ per month was 32.463.07 TL.

Türk-İş’s statement is as follows;

“It is not possible for a family to meet the basic food expenditure of a family, which is the only income of a weighted part of the wage employees, which is necessary to maintain a life that is worthy of human dignity.

According to Türk-İş’s data, the change in “Kitchen Inflation” data was as follows as of May 2025:

The increase in the minimum expenditure of a family of four people living in Ankara should be 4.40 percent compared to the previous month. The rate of twelve months was 32.28 percent. The annual average increase was 47.62 percent.