[A-List] Turkey: We are all billionaires

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Poverty line rises to TL 745 million 

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ANKARA - Turkey's poverty line went up to TL 745 million and the hunger
line to TL 581 million as of August, a survey conducted by leading
public worker' union Kamu-Sen said. 

Following the most severe economic crisis of the country in 2001,
thousands of people lost their jobs in Turkey, while those working
people have found themselves in a state of exhaustion and desperation. 

Kamu-Sen said in its survey that the hunger line, which stood at TL 566
million in July increased to TL 581 million in August. The poverty line,
which was TL 730 million in July rose to TL 745 million in August. 

The poverty line for a family of four increased to TL 1,587 billion from
TL 1,581 billion in August, the survey said. 

Kamu-Sen recalled that the lowest monthly civil servant wage stood at TL
570 million at present when the hunger line stands at TL 581 million,
stressing that it's a miracle for a civil servant to make their living
with his wage.

http://www.turkishdailynews.com/old_editions/09_15_03/dom.htm#d4