Kerem Kolivar, President of the Turkey Bread Producers Union, said they are demanding a 25% increase in bread prices due to rising costs.
Kerem Kolivar, President of the Turkey Bread Producers Union (TESİS), announced that they are demanding a 25% increase in bread prices and that he will enter politics. If the bread producers' requested increase is implemented, 240 grams of bread will cost 18 lira, and one kilogram of bread will cost 78 lira and 125 kuruş.
Speaking to NEFES, Kolivar stated that costs have risen due to increases in oil and fuel prices, and therefore they are requesting a price increase for bread. Noting that bread prices increased by 25% in the new year, but he does not understand how this increase was determined, Kolivar said, "Was this rate determined based on the assumption that gold, the dollar, and rent will not increase by more than 25%? There are bakeries paying 300,000 lira, 150,000 lira in rent. Due to the Iran-Israel war, there are increases in oil and gasoline prices. Costs are rising." Kolivar also mentioned that bakeries without certification are also effective in bread price increase demands, saying, "Begging with their tongue..."