Gruelling field work begins: Exploitation under 45-degree heat

Gruelling field work begins: Exploitation under 45-degree heat

As inflation rates in Turkey continue to rise, recent data shows that the hunger threshold has increased to 26,000 liras, while the poverty line has reached 75,000 liras. Alongside high youth unemployment, the overall unemployment rate has also risen, and millions of people work in unregistered and precarious conditions, excluded from official statistics. One of these groups is agricultural workers who toil outdoors during the summer months when…