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HOUSEHOLDS SPEND MOST ON FOOD!

The share of food and non-alcoholic beverages in households’ overall expenditure was 22.8 percent, followed by housing and rent at 22.4 percent last year, a survey by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has shown. Transport expenditure was the third largest expenditure item, with a share of 21.3 percent, according to TÜİK’s Household Budget Survey. …

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‘LUNGS OF THE SEAS’ UNDER SEVERE THREATS!

‘Rainforests can store 1.7 pounds of carbon, while seagrasses 10 times more than rainforests’… Seagrass meadows, described as the “lungs of the seas” due to their carbon sequestration properties, are under threat due to rising temperature, pollution, and the activities of boats, the chairman of the Mediterranean Conservation Association told …

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