(Not) Paying Taxes

Turkish newspaper Radikal published the latests report on Turkish tax payers. The results are sad, disturbing and laughable at the same time. It is just unmanagable...

A minimum wage earner is paying 53.9 million TL per month in taxes. Here are some numbers for a few categories. The numbers are 2003 averages for each occupation/profession:
(in million TL)

Average tax payer	71.4
Hotels-Motels	62.0
Building Contractors	19.6
Drugstores	300.6
Dentists	25.3
Doctors	76.9
Engineers/Architects	75.6
Notary Public	4,182.9 (Guess why?!)
Tourism Agencies	35.9
Restaurants	24.3

Assuming an average restaurant in Turkey employs 2 to 4 minimum wage waiters, the ratio of 'misdemenors' (?) is obvious. Again, the number for a minimum wage earner is 53.9. Not much can be said for other professions, such as doctors, dentists and contractors.

Here is the table (in Turkish, all numbers in million TL):