Turkish inflation inches up in March to 68.5%: official data

ISTANBUL: Price growth in inflation-plagued Turkey gathered pace in March, rising to 68.5 percent year-on-year, the country’s statistics agency TUIK said Wednesday.

The increased reading followed a Sunday municipal election drubbing for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party that many blamed on the out-of-control cost of living.

Last month the cost of education, health, transport and food…