Food prices rise in Turkey's cost of living crisis - in pictures

Key staples have risen 99 per cent in a year

A market in Istanbul, Turkey, which is suffering its worst cost of living crisis in decades. All photos by Bloomberg

There are few shoppers in sight as a trader hangs carpets outside his store in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul

Shoppers look for a bargain at the city's Wednesday Market

Fresh fish for sale in Istanbul. Food prices have risen by 99 per cent in a year

Inflation in Turkey is running at 86 per cent

A shopkeeper waits for customers in an alleyway of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul

A currency exchange bureau in Istanbul. Tourists are shielded from the rising prices

Tourists queue to enter the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul

A vendor waits for customers at a souvenir store

A price banner for a tour of the Bosphorus Strait on the side of a passenger ferry in Istanbul

A customer at a cheese and fresh produce store in Istanbul

Workers package ground coffee at a coffee shop. Half of Turks survive on the minimum wage

Pedestrians walk past a fresh fruit juice stand in Istanbul

Shoppers and tourists in Istanbul

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