Turkish cost-of-living crisis drags on as voters reject Erdogan’s AKP
01 April 2024 |
3:53 pm
As Turkey's opposition celebrates a strong showing in local elections, the country's official inflation rate has crept back up to 67 percent, despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's shift towards mainstream economic policies. Also in this edition: Germany's legalisation of recreational cannabis aims to curb the black market, but misses out on tax revenues.
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