Erdogan appeals to Turks on Lira, citing ‘interest rate lobby’
12 August 2018 |
5:15 am
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Turkish citizens to sell their FX savings for lira as he said the nation faces a wave of "artificial Financial Instability."
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