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Turkey lowers taxes on basic foods to fight high inflation

Members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party gather in front of a monument of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, to protest high electricity prices, as people set on fire electricity bills they say they can't pay. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party burn invoices as they gather in front of a monument of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, to protest high electricity prices, as people set on fire electricity bills they say they can't pay. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party gather in front of a monument of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, to protest high electricity prices, as people set on fire electricity bills they say they can't pay. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Kazim Iscen, a painter and decorator shows his bill in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, saying he already has fallen behind on his utility costs and would not be able to pay his electricity bill, which came in "two or three times higher" this month. Spiking energy prices are raising utility bills from Poland to the United Kingdom, leaving people struggling to make ends meet and small businesses uncertain about much longer they can stay afloat. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)