By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) – The consumer confidence index in Türkiye was at 80.1 in March, down 2.5% from 82.5 in February, the country's statistical authority announced on Thursday.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) calculates the index based on survey results between 0 to 200, as the index indicates an optimistic outlook when it is above 100 but a pessimistic outlook when it is below 100.
This month, the tendency survey was not conducted in the earthquake-hit provinces of Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Kilis, Malatya, and Osmaniye.
In February, twin devastating quakes hit 11 provinces in Türkiye and affected around 13.5 million people.