Retail sales in Turkey rose 11.5% year-on-year in April 2025, following an upwardly revised 9.6% increase in the previous month. The accelerated growth was driven by higher sales in non-food products (14.6% vs 11.5% in March), particularly computers, books, and telecommunications equipment (39.0% vs 17.8%) and automotive fuel (4.5% vs 4.2%). Also, audio & video equipment, hardware, paints & glass sales rebounded by 10.4% after falling 0.2% in March. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales increased by 2.8%, recovering from a downwardly revised 1.5% fall in the previous month.
