Buying a litre bottle of raki, Turkey's aniseed-flavoured national liquor, from a supermarket currently costs ... "Alcohol is too expensive in Turkey. It costs about 100 Turkish lira to make a bottle ...

A liter bottle of raki, Turkey's aniseed-flavored national liquor, bought at a supermarket currently costs around 1,300 lira ($37.20) in a country where the minimum wage only recently hit $600 per ...