Türkiye's hiking inflation may ease in mid-2024: Turkish economist

STORY: Türkiye's hiking inflation may ease in mid-2024: Turkish economist SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:48 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets and shopping in Türkiye 2. various of Turkish Central Bank 3. various of Turkish lira 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): ARDA TUNCA, Istanbul-Based Economist And Columnist STORYLINE: Türkiye has been struggling with economic woes due to high inflation, sharp depreciation of the currency and rising borrowing costs. Arda Tunca, an Istanbul-based economist and columnist, told Xinhua in a recent interview, that the effect of the Turkish government's monetary-tightening measures to curb inflation is likely to be felt starting mid-2024. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): ARDA TUNCA, Istanbul-Based Economist And Columnist "The monetary tightening that we witnessed since June has prepared the base of what is coming next. This was a preparatory period. From now on, we can expect the effect of these measures on infl