Turkey: Bread prices will increase in Istanbul

NEWS: HAKAN KAYA CAMERA: MEHMET ÇALPAR (ISTANBUL) - Cihan Kolivar, Chairman of the Bread Producers Employers' Union, stated that the price of bread per kilogram in Istanbul may rise to 60 lira after May 15 due to increasing costs in Istanbul. Kolivar said, "Although the price of bread varies depending on the district, it will start from 12.5 lira to 15 lira." The increase in input costs in Istanbul has put bakers in a difficult situation. Speaking to ANKA, Cihan Kolivar, Chairman of the Bread Producers Employers' Union, stated that the price per kilogram of bread in Istanbul may rise to 60 lira after May 15. COSTS INCREASED Kolivar said, "Costs are not the same now. In the past, flour prices, electricity prices, natural gas used to increase every three or four months. Now it is not like that, it increases every month. Sometimes diesel increases once a week. We do it with distributed diesel. In other words, the baker's, especially those who do not have capacity, The capacity is ...