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Women are especially hit by increasing prices at bazaars and markets and increases in bills in Turkey. Fahriye from Diyarbakır says, “Some days, I cry because I cannot buy anything” while Özlem says, “We can have only one meal a day.”

Listening to the problems of women in Antep province, HDP’s Ayşe Acar-Başaran has said that they will bring these problems to the Parliamentary agenda. Showing the calluses on their hands to her, women have said that they do not have social security.

Launching a campaign against women’s poverty amid mounting economic hardships and unemployment in Turkey, the HDP has underlined that the deepening economic crisis has affected women the most.