Adil Konuko

Poverty in Turkey 'at lowest level in 10 years'

Poverty in Turkey is at its lowest level in the last 10 years, World Bank Turkey director Martin Raiser said late on March 10, speaking at a World Bank presentation meeting at the Chamber of Industry in the southern province of Gaziantep.     

?Today, the poverty rate in Turkey is at 5 percent, while 10 years ago it was around 16 percent,? Raiser said.