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		CSDude on Oct 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Turkey’s inflation hits 83% as Erdogan vows to kee... Cheapest iPhone 14 (not pro) is 30999 TL. Minimum wage is 5500 TL in Turkey. %48 of workforce in Turkey earns Minimum wage. A junior software engineer mostly earns between 10-30k TL. A teacher earns around 8-9K. But there is too much variation, inequality so numbers may be way off.

sgt on Oct 3, 2022 [–]

If it's 30999 TL there seems to be additional tax added by Turkey. I think that phone is supposed to be cheaper, like maybe half of that. How does this happen - import taxes on foreign goods?

piva00 on Oct 4, 2022 | [–]

Very likely, Brazil has the same issue. An iPhone 14 is R$ 7599, basically double the US$ 799 price tag.

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