内容摘要：, 73. A singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-album-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River.” Jan. 1.

, 73. A singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-album-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad Apple,” “Yo-Yo” and “Down By the Lazy River.” Jan. 1.

Their father, Serdar Dogan, 48, has been collecting paper since 1995. “My life has been a disgrace,” he said. “I have no hope that it will change.”A garbage collector loads his cart with plastic bottles in Cihangir neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A garbage collector loads his cart with plastic bottles in Cihangir neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Men gather discarded cartons, metal and plastic items in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Men gather discarded cartons, metal and plastic items in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Persistent inflation under the government of President, rising energy prices and the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic have left many families struggling to afford food and rent. They have also driven more people into the informal economy.

Annual inflation in Turkey stood at 39.05% in February, according to official figures, while some economists believe the real rate is higher. An estimated 13.6% of Turkey’s population was in poverty in 2024.

A man pulls his cart full of discarded cartons past Yeni mosque on a rainy day in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Pavlo Romanovskyi, chief of a Ukrainian drone laboratory who lost a leg in battle, talks to a fellow soldier in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

It is this dire situation that has driven wounded soldiers back to the front, where little has changed since they first left their civilian lives to defend their families from an invading neighbor.For them, lying in a hospital bed was unbearable compared to standing alongside their brothers-in-arms to defend Ukraine. But they all agree on one thing — when the war ends, they won’t spend another day in uniform; joining the army was never their first choice.

Andrii Serhieiev, right, a soldier with Ukraine’s 53rd Brigade who lost a leg in combat, and another soldier install explosives near the front line in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Serhieiev, right, a soldier with Ukraine’s 53rd Brigade who lost a leg in combat, and another soldier install explosives near the front line in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)