Feature: Turkish consumers feel the squeeze as inflation falls

by Burak Akinci

ANKARA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Turkish consumers are avoiding high-cost purchases and instead concentrating on bargain-shopping for necessities, hoping that decreasing inflation will improve their living standards.

Although inflation is on a downward trend, people are still vexed by high prices and expecting changes.

"When citizens go to the grocery or travel, they see that there is a