ANKARA Retail sales soared 17.7 percent year-on-year in May, accelerating from an 11.7 percent annual increase recorded in the previous month, the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed on July 11. The trade sales volume also jumped 19.2 percent in the month on a yearly basis, after rising 10.4 percent in April, and wholesale trade sales rose 20.2 percent. Food, drink, and tobacco sales climbed 12.3 percent, non-food sales rose 21.9 percent and automotive fuel sales posted an