‘Sacred Duty’: Inflation Eats Into Turkey’s Muslim Feast

Turks who make a living raising animals and selling them on open markets fear their business model may soon collapse Yasin AKGUL AFP

With inflation in Turkey galloping, the sheep Gul Er buys every year for the Muslim festival of sacrifice in Istanbul looks agonizingly out of reach.

Prices have doubled or even tripled since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began an unorthodox economic experiment last year that has seen Turks' living standards suffer.