A study of the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ) put the hunger threshold for March at TL 16,793 (€ 482)), slightly below the minimum wage of TL 17,002 (€ 488). According to the study, the hunger threshold was TL 16,793 for a family of four, while the poverty line was TL 54,700 (€ 1,569), more than three times the minimum wage, for the same average household. In the study, the hunger threshold is defined as the amount of money that a family of four living in the capital needs to spend for healthy and balanced nourishment, while the poverty line takes into account other expenses such as clothing, housing (rent and utilities), transportation, education and health.
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