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1980-1.July80-Oct.81 -    Note: 338

Page: 144
Date: May 1981
Location: Adana
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Earnings in Turkey.
Minimum wage 10,000
Daily rate 500 to 600
Usta (tasoran) 1,000 to 6,000 a day
Month 30,000 (min.) to 40,000
175 TL m2

on a day 3,500: less isŤi 600 less usta 1300

NB: They all say that with an ........{?} reputation [network] they can find work.

Old business of hiring an usta (1,000 to 1,200) and clearing a large profit.
Information from i(0272 Hamza), i(0385 Hayat), i(0137 Rifat)
Earnings abroad.
These vary greatly. Clear that to go privately is risky, but that the best earn 1/2 m. or even more, worst may fail completely. E.g. i(0137 Rifat)'s friend went to Germany and came back without earning.

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