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Turkey ranks first in Europe for income inequality

Turkey ranks first in Europe for income inequality

According to the report by the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey and General Services Workers’ Union (DİSK/Genel-İş), Turkey has become the country with the highest income inequality in Europe. Two out of every ten people are poor, and six are in debt

Turkey’s most affluent 20 percent have 47.5 percent of total income

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Turkey’s most affluent 20 percent have 47.5 percent of total income

A recent survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute has shown that Turkey’s severe material deprivation rate was 27.4 percent in 2020, when the deterioration in the income distribution also continued.