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Record number of small businesses went bankrupt in Türkiye in 2022

Record number of small businesses went bankrupt in Türkiye in 2022

Amid Türkiye's economic woes, small businesses are slowly disappearing from the country's streetscape.

28 December 2022 Wouter Massink

Over 85,000 small businesses closed in Türkiye in 11 months

Over 85,000 small businesses closed in Türkiye in 11 months

In the first 11 months of the year, some 85,785 craftspeople closed their business, according to statistics from the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK).

22 December 2022

'We are dead; the state tells us to rise again and make our payments'

SMALL BUSINESSES IN PANDEMIC

'We are dead; the state tells us to rise again and make our payments'

The termination of the short-time work allowance added more to the hardships faced by shopkeepers and workers during the pandemic.

6 April 2021 Hikmet Adal

Nearly 100,000 small businesses went bankrupt in Turkey in 2020

Nearly 100,000 small businesses went bankrupt in Turkey in 2020

CHP deputy Ağbaba has advised the president to "listen to the problems of tradespeople."

26 January 2021