Chestnut prices soared in Sinop, Turkey: Customers are having a difficulty

MUSTAFA MASTER Kadir Demirbaş, a chestnut seller from Sinop, said, "Last year, when I was selling 100 grams of chestnuts, customers were queuing up, but now there are people who look at it and cannot buy it. Since it is priced, it seems expensive to people. Some people say 'give me 10 liras', and I say 'this is not a seed, it is a chestnut'. It is too hard for people." "It happens a lot," he said. Behçet Şen, a chestnut seller from Sinop, said, "Some of our citizens come and say 'Give me 10-15 liras'. We do not break them either, but 2-3 chestnuts go into the package for that money." Sinop's famous Erfelek chestnut is sold raw for 300 lira per kilo, and roasted for 50 lira per portion (100-120 grams). Kadir Demirbaş, who sells chestnut kebab at a mobile stall in the city center, stated that while last year they bought raw chestnuts for 70-80 liras per kilo, this year they could buy them for 250-300 liras. "CUSTOMER IS HAVING ECONOMIC DIFFICULTY" Kadir Demirbaş said: "Last year, we ...