Social Security Minister Vedat Bilgin said earlier. The official annual inflation rate in Turkey rose

Judoka Takanori Nagase, right, defeats Mongolia's Saeid Mollaei in the men's 81-kg final, at the Budokan arena in Tokyo on July 27, 2021.... Five-time world champion Clarisse Agbegnenou of France, meanwhile, did not disappoint as she won a rematch of the Rio Games final against Tina Trstenjak of Slovenia to capture her maiden Olympic title in the women's 63-kg class.... Japan has won five gold medals at the Tokyo tournament, including all four of the men's weight classes contested so far....

ISTANBUL--Market-stand owner Kadriye Dogru makes do with stale, sesame-covered bagels, known as simit, for lunch these days.... I went back, it was 80 lira, ” she said.... “ We don’t deserve this as a nation.” Many people in Turkey are facing increased hardship as prices of food and other goods have soared....