Essentials become luxury for many hit by inflation in Turkey

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Deniz Baris Narli For The Straits Times

As Mr Ferhat Dogan mists leeks, lettuce and spring onions with water at his vegetable stall in a busy market in Istanbul's Besiktas district, shoppers constantly interrupt him with one question.
"How much?" they ask, often with trepidation.
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