[luckylion]

That sounds bad. Granted, I don't keep up with the news that much, but what I do see (in Germany) is mostly stories on the "I won't buy that car I've been wanting to"-level, absolute poverty is rarely shown (unless with an upbeat story about e.g. enterprising metal collectors). While Erdogan certainly isn't praised, the chilling effects and the expanding authoritarianism are barely mentioned.

Fingers crossed that the next elections will bring some change.

[terminalcommand]

Yeah buying a car is not possible for many. The minimum wage is around 5500 try. An entry level car costs around 850k try now. More than 60% of the population works at minimum wage. So you have to work for 154 months without having any expenses and saving all your salary just to buy a car. Car prices are much higher than europe because of exorbitant taxes. (We have 175% tax on cars, same goes for phones, alcohol etc.)