Half of people in Turkey 'eat less' to make ends meet, shows survey

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In the face of the economic crisis, people have started eating, using their cars and heating their homes less, a new survey by the MetroPoll company showed.

In the survey conducted in February, 50.3 percent of the respondents said, "I reduced my meals," 31.9 percent said "I am hungry sometimes" and 61.8 percent said "I stopped eating meat."

Also, 53.7 percent of the respondents said they don't heat their homes and wear thicker clothes and 57.9 percent said they wash their clothes less than before.

Some 62.5 percent of the respondents who stated that they have a car said they stopped using their cars.

Food and fuel prices have sharply increased in Turkey since December, with the official inflation rate rising to a two-decade record of 61.1 percent in March.

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