The article highlights the start of Ramadan shopping in the market as citizens begin to purchase traditional foods such as dates and apricots. Prices for these foods have already started to increase, with dates ranging from 35 TL to 210 TL per kilo and apricots from 85 TL to 160 TL. The most popular dates, Medina dates, are currently priced between 95 TL to 185 TL. The article warns that date prices may further increase in the days leading up to Ramadan.