Turkish market for at-risk women at standstill after lira crash

Turkey's first women-only street market that was founded to help victims of domestic violence and divorcees has enjoyed buoyant trade in its early years but declined in the last two, particularly in the last six months as the lira crash has sent prices soaring and ravaged household budgets.

Reuters - Hazal Tunç and her friends founded Turkey's first women-only street market eight years ago to help victims of domestic violence and divorcees, and it has provided them with jobs and security - until now.

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