Dhaka, April 4 -- Turkey's annual inflation rate slowed for a 10th straight month in March, falling to 38.1 percent, the lowest since December 2021, official data showed Thursday.

The decline came as Turkey was roiled by street protests against the arrestand jailing of Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on graft charges, which sent the Turkish lira to record lows against the dollar.

Turkey has experienced double-digit inflation since 2019, making life increasingly more expensive for millions of people.

On the month, consumer prices rose by 2.46 percent in March from February, according to the country's statistics institute.

The year-on-year price surge particularly affected education (80.4 percent), housing (68.6 percent), hotels...