As prices soar, Turkey’s Erdogan woos voters with vegetables 0 SHARES Share it! In campaign speeches, Erdogan has portrayed the economic downturn as a foreign plot against the country and has vowed to fight food price hikes in the same way that the country has fought terror groups. Inflation hovered around 20 percent in January, with food and non-alcoholic beverage prices up 31 percent on the year — a 15-year high. In Istanbul, the ruling party-run municipality moved some workers employed by its catering and hotelier company to the food stalls. Erdogan said the government markets would continue until the local elections and could become permanent if “opportunists” continue hiking prices.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 23, 2019 05:26 UTC