• GuStJaR@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      5 days ago

      I could be wrong but I don’t think you’ve accounted for the change in rate over time. 1 euro was about 4 lira in 2017 so 2017 was more like 50c. Today 1 euro is about 35 lira so it’s about 6 to 7 euros at 220 lira. Crazy when you think that’s about the price of a kebab in in euro/UK but compare income here to Turkey.

      • inlandempire@jlai.luEnglish
        15·
        5 days ago

        Oh you’re 100% right, i just typed the number I had to pay, without accounting for inflation and the true cost

  • Tolstoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    5 days ago

    Our city in south-west Germany went from 3,50€ up to 6€ (cheapest one). A lot of places take 7+

  • sasquash@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    191·
    5 days ago

    Switzerland:

    • 2015: 10.50$
    • 2024: 12$

    How do people in Turkey survive? Did everyone buy something instead of save it on a bank account? Or did they transfer the money to another country or just buy foreign currency? How can the economy handle this? Sry I am spoiled…

    • YourPrivatHater@ani.socialEnglish
      111·
      5 days ago

      I mean the Germans during the hyper inflation did as well. Turkey just does it with the more religious approach… Religiously voting for the guy responsible.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      5 days ago

      In the US at least, the vast majority of people live paycheck-to-paycheck, so as long as wages rise with prices inflation doesn’t affect most people. Wages rise with prices, right? Right?

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    It feels like every 20 or 30 years, Turkey need to remove 000 or 0000 from their currency.

    That seems to fix it every time

    • ratel@mander.xyzEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Even up until the end of 2021 you could get a decent one for 4€ in Berlin; Average is around 7€ now.

    • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      My regular place near work went from 4,00€ (2017) to 6,50€ (2024), size and quality unchanged as far as I can tell. Not too bad all things considered.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      5 days ago

      Without looking, my guesses are Venezuela and Argentina. I’ll go look and see how close I was.

      Edit: It proves difficult to find a consensus ranking, but the top countries seem to consistently involve Zimbabwe, Sudan, Argentina, Venezuela, Lebanon, and Turkey. The order changes depending on the metric of what defines inflation and over what time period you’re looking at.