meat tail 4 seasons
In our country Once again the extent of poverty was revealed. Price increases and high inflation of every product and item every day have reduced people’s purchasing power to almost zero. Meat, in particular, was no longer in most families’ kitchens. Those who try to spend 2-3 months on 1 kilo of minced meat look for cheap butchers… Long queues form in front of the Meat and Milk Institution (ESK), which sells cheap meat with a small difference compared to other places. throughout Türkiye. People queue in all seasons, summer and winter.
SPRING
SUMMER
IN THE FIRST LIGHT OF THE MORNING
The same scenes occur in front of the Meat and Milk Institute in Erzurum. The front of the sales store in the Erzurum Gez district is filled with hundreds of people every morning, both in summer and winter. This ordeal of citizens who want to buy 1 kilo of cheap meat from the early hours of the morning continues under the snow in winter and the rain in autumn. The price of 1 kilo of minced meat in ESK stores, which in February was 89 lira, in June was 139 lira and in October increased by 100 percent to 180 lira. No more than 1.5 kilograms of meat per person is sold to citizens who queue for hours.
AUTUMN
250 PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERED LUCKY
Most of those in line are retirees. “Please do not create a list of names” on the branch door. Warning signs such as “Will not be accepted” and “Please do not request a second queue” attract attention. The employees of the sales store, which opens at 8:00 a.m., begin to distribute numbers to those in line. An average of 250 to 300 people can obtain queue passes per day.
WINTER… These photos were taken in front of the ESK in Erzurum. Nothing changes in the 4 seasons. People wait in line for hours, despite the snow and rain…
‘THOSE WHO SEE US SHOULD BE ASHAMED’
The one who buys the meat is on his way home. Those who cannot achieve it return sad. Citizens who say they are not getting along express their reactions as follows: “We have been waiting in line since morning prayer. A small amount of meat arrives and is quickly gone. If the number of branches were increased, the problem would be eliminated and we would not be victims. Those who see us should be ashamed. “As citizens, we do not give our rights to those who rule this Turkey.”