A Closer Look is The National's show where we take an in-depth look at one of the main stories of the week.
The cost of living crisis is hitting pockets hard all over the world.
Global factors have caused energy prices to rise, and in some countries inflation has hit the highest levels for decades.
The UAE government has placed a cap on prices for essentials, meaning shops and supermarkets must keep certain items affordable, but residents are still looking to cut down their spending with some thrifty techniques.
The National's reporter Ramola Talwar Badam speaks to host Sarah Forster about how some people in the region are making their money go further.
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Turkey's cost of living crisis — in pictures
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A market in Istanbul, Turkey, which is suffering its worst cost of living crisis in decades. All photos by Bloomberg -
There are few shoppers in sight as a trader hangs carpets outside his store in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul -
Shoppers look for a bargain at the city's Wednesday Market -
Fresh fish for sale in Istanbul. Food prices have risen by 99 per cent in a year -
Inflation in Turkey is running at 86 per cent -
A shopkeeper waits for customers in an alleyway of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul -
A currency exchange bureau in Istanbul. Tourists are shielded from the rising prices -
Tourists queue to enter the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul -
A vendor waits for customers at a souvenir store -
A price banner for a tour of the Bosphorus Strait on the side of a passenger ferry in Istanbul -
A customer at a cheese and fresh produce store in Istanbul -
Workers package ground coffee at a coffee shop. Half of Turks survive on the minimum wage -
Pedestrians walk past a fresh fruit juice stand in Istanbul -
Shoppers and tourists in Istanbul
