News on Potato Prices from Turkey

Potato harvest has begun in Aksaray, one of Turkey's top 10 provinces for potato production, where 80 percent of the population earns a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. Aksaray ranks first in many areas of animal husbandry in the country.

Due to increasing production costs related to the devaluation of the Turkish lira, profit margins of potato growers are declining by the day

Speculation has arisen that Turkey may soon begin to purchase cheaper potatoes from its neighbor Iran.

The humble potato has become a factor in Turkey's political and economic turmoil as prices of the staple soar, hurting the living standards of poorer Turks just before the ruling AK Party's toughest election test in a decade.