Turkey’s consumer price inflation accelerated to an annual 69.97 percent in April, local reports have said.
The number continued to rise to a two-decade high, according to statistics from the Turkish Statistical Institute.
The inflation rate increased from 61.1 percent in March, the institute said.
On a monthly basis, prices rose by 7.25 percent, said the institute.
Turkey is experiencing the highest inflation among major emerging markets and industrialized G20 economies.
Inflation is now just a few percentage points off a peak of 73.2 percent, which was reached following a financial crisis in the early 2000s.
