When asked about what the country's most important problem is right now, an overwhelming majority of 70.2 percent of the respondents said it is the economy.

The citizens of Turkey who want to go abroad are obliged to pay a departure fee. By Erdoğan’s Presidential decision, this fee has been increased from 50 to 150 lira.

The name of the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology has been changed to the Ministry of Industry ad Technology.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank convened today, on March 17, and decided to keep the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) unchanged at 14 percent.

Unions and platforms working for pensioner rights call on all retirees and their organizations to wage a struggle together under the roof of a combined joint union.

The TTB has thanked the healthcare workers and physicians who joined the 2-day strike and said, “The statements made by the President yesterday have shown that our demands are still being ignored”.

Upon the call of professional medical organizations and labor unions, healthcare workers halted work in a strike action across Turkey again.

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced the producer price index of agricultural products for February: The producer inflation rate was 13.74 percent monthly and 68.49 percent yearly while some prices saw a nearly 200-percent annual increase.

Last week, the president said, "Let them go," in the face of an unprecedented number of doctors emigrating to western countries because of poor working conditions.

İstanbul Medical Chamber members were not allowed to lay wreaths on Taksim Square to mark the Doctor's Day.

In the face of high volatility in foreign exchange rates, the government in late 2021 introduced the foreign exchange rate protected lira deposit system

Healthcare workers will be on strike today, on March 14 Doctor’s Day, and tomorrow. Before this country-wide two-day strike, they protested in İstanbul’s Kadıköy and also addressed Health Minister Fahrettin Koca’s letter to physicians.

Turkey’s current account balance registered a 7.1 billion USD deficit in January, widening by 5.3 billion USD year-on-year, according to the Central Bank.

Marking the second year of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Health and Safety Labor Watch has released a report regarding the workers who lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Turkey over the past two years.

The DİSK-AR has suggested that working time should be reduced without decreasing the wages so that more people can work.

The broad unemployment rate was 22.9 percent. The average working time per week increased by 0.2 hours to 45.3 hours.

The Health Services Union (SAHİM-SEN) has criticized President Erdoğan’s remarks against physicians and underlined that “the wrong healthcare system pits the public against the healthcare community”.

Recalling that the starvation line is 300 liras higher than the minimum wage, main opposition CHP Manisa MP Başevirgen says that “citizens who do not have money in their pockets are compelled to use the high-interest credit cards”.

It was announced on March 9 that the price of a liter of gasoline would increase by 0.79 lira and that of a liter of diesel by 2.25 lira a day later. These price increases have been withdrawn “as they have been canceled at their source”.

While the price of a liter of gasoline has increased by 0.79 Turkish Lira, that of diesel has increased by 2.25 Turkish Lira.