Türkiye's inflation falls to 33.52% in July 2025
The Turkish Statistical Institute said that month-on-month inflation was 2.06 percent, below forecasts. In June, consumer price index (CPI) inflation was 1.37 per cent monthly and 35.05 percent annually.
The data showed that the domestic producer price index rose 1.73 per cent month-on-month in July for an annual rise of 24.19 per cent.
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