By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Turkey’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation officially stood at a 15-month high of 67% y/y in February versus 65% y/y in January and 38% y/y in June last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK, or TurkStat) said on March 4 (chart). TUIK also posted 5% m/m official inflation for February versus 7% m/m for January. On February 5, when the January data was announced, Turkey’s finance minister, Mehmet Simsek, said in a tweet that TUIK would release significantly lower monthly inflation rates starting from February. At 67% y/y, Turkey remains in fifth place in the…