Turkey: The normalization process increased sales by 20 percent

In Kayseri, famous for its pastrami, sales of pastrami increased with the normalization process. The pastrami shopkeepers, who are happy with the sales with the arrival of the expatriate season, noted that sales will increase even more as of July 1st. Stating that they are hopeful that sales will increase after the arrival of the expatriates, pastrami maker Yasin Güzel said, “The new normalization period did not have a great contribution to our sales, but we started to do more what we could not do during the restrictions, when the restrictions were lifted. As the rate of people traveling outside increases, the rate of shopping also increases. The removal of restrictions at the moment also contributed 20 percent to our business. There is a 1-2 week period for our foreign tourists to come, but our retired and expatriates living abroad have started to arrive. As tradesmen, we hope and expect our business rates to be much different with the arrival of other expatriates.” Yasin Güzel ...