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How Turkey's new minimum wage may end up hurting employees

Employers who don’t want to pay Turkey's pending minimum wage increase are threatening to relocate facilities or hire illegal Syrian workers for low wages.

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Syrian workers pause as they work at a rose-oil plant in Isparta, Turkey, May 30, 2015. — REUTERS/Ayla Jean Yackley

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