‘No rip-offs’, TRNC government warns traders
Opportunistic” retailers have been warned
against using the recent sharp fall in the value of the Turkish lira as
cover for “excessive” price rises in everyday products.
The warning was contained in a speech by TRNC, Prime Minister
Tufan Erhürman warned on Friday.
The announcement came as his Cabinet met to approve a 24-point package — initially 23, but with a measure curbing rents by the Evkaf foundation added on Thursday — aimed at countering the effects of the TL crash.
Ministers sat from 10am to 5pm on Friday before Deputy Prime Minister Kudret Özersay emerged to confirm that some measures had been agreed, to run until December 31.