"Hotels, cafes and restaurants with 70.73% was the main group where the highest annual increase realized," TUIK said in a press release on the website, adding that the price of accommodation in Turkiye's hotels grew some 3.85% compared to the previous month.
According to the press release, prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages grew by 67.89%, and healthcare costs increased by 64.68% over the same period.
"A change in general index was realized in CPI (2003=100) on the previous month by 2.29%, on December of the previous year by 12.52%, on same month of the previous year by 50.51% and on the twelve months moving averages basis by 70.20% in March 2023," TUIK said.
The Central Bank of Turkiye expects inflation to be 22.3% by the end of 2023.