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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Data Puts Turkey’s Annual Inflation at 73.5%, a 24-Year High

An angler man feeds a seagull on the Galata bridge backdropped by the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, 25 May 2022. (EPA)

Annual inflation in Turkey hit 73.5% in May, the highest rate since 1998, according to official data released Friday as a cost-of-living crisis in the country deepens.

The Turkish Statistical Institute said the rate represented an increase of almost 70% from the month before. Consumer prices were up nearly 3% from April, the institute reported.

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