A net minimum wage buys51.0Adana kebabs.
- Net minimum wage
- ₺28,075.50
- Median kebab price
- ₺550.00
- Data used in this calculation
- 78 sources · 41 price observations
Türkiye’s economy,through the price of a kebab.
A kebab price says little on its own. We track how many portions a net minimum wage buys—and how long someone has to work for one.
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TODAY · 2026
02 · COMPARE YEARS
Pick two years. See what a wage bought.
Put the kebab price, net minimum wage, portions per wage and work time for one portion side by side.
Difference per wage-28.1 kebabs2005 → 2026
2005–2026: kebabs per wage 79.1 → 51; work for one portion 170.7 → 264.5 minutes.
₺4.43→₺550.00
₺350.15→₺28,075.50
79.1→51
kebabs170.7→264.5
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SIX KEBONOMİ INDICES
One kebab.
Six different questions.
We look beyond price to wages, working time, portion weight and cities. Each index asks the same data a different question.
01LIVE Open indexKebab Purchasing Power Index
Measures the purchasing power of the net minimum wage against one standard Adana portion.
02LIVE · CALCULATED Open indexKebab Work-Time Index
Expresses the cost of one standard portion in net working time.
03LIVE · CALCULATED Open indexKebab Inflation Index
Tracks how far kebab prices diverge from official CPI on a common base year.
04LIVE · CALCULATED Open indexKebab Shrinkflation Index
Makes portion shrinkage behind the headline price visible through cost per 100 grams of meat.
05COLLECTING DATA Open indexCity Kebab Index
Compares the standard product’s price, wage equivalent and working time across cities.
06COLLECTING DATA Open indexGlobal Kebab Index
Under the Kebonomics name, it will compare a standardized product, local wages and working time across countries.
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DATA, SOURCES, METHOD
See what the number rests on.
This is not an average of every restaurant in Türkiye. Each annual record states its coverage and confidence.