Onion prices have surged in Turkey, defying a government crackdown on inflation.
Prices surged 51 percent in November, the most of any component in a basket of prices whose gains decelerated in November to 21. 2 percent from a 15 - year high the month before. The government has been raiding storehouses where producers and dealers store onions, accusing them of hoarding crops to hike up prices.
“We are seeing how they are hoarding onions in warehouse raids, ” and they will pay the price, state - run Anadolu Agency cited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying last month. Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli took up the same theme, warning that the government will be chasing “onion opportunists, ” according to Anadolu Agency.