Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Turkey’s Erdogan vows inflation will fall

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to rein in inflation decimating Turks’ purchasing power and doubled down on his opposition to high interest rates. Erdogan has gone against orthodox economic thinking as part of a “war of economic independence”, arguing repeatedly that high rates push up inflation. “Sooner or later, just as we lowered inflation … Read more

Annual Turkish inflation surges to 21.31% in November

Turkish inflation

ANKARA: Turkey’s annual inflation rate jumped over 20 per cent in November, official data showed on Friday, after a currency crisis last month in which the Turkish lira hit record lows against the dollar. Consumer prices climbed to 21.31 per cent from the same period in November last year, up from 19.89 per cent in October, … Read more