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Turkey has abandoned trying to shore up its fast plummeting currency

Turkey’s central bank, which has spent some $120 billion to put the brakes on the fall of the lira against the US dollar, has...

Turkey’s inflation rate rises to 11.89 percent in October: TurkStat

Consumer prices in Turkey saw an 11.89 percent annual increase in October, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced on Tuesday. The rate of inflation rose...

Turkish lira hits another historic low against US dollar

Turkey's lira once again weakened to a record low against the US dollar on Tuesday, standing at 8.489 to the dollar and 9.930 to...

Turkey’s meat consumption falls by 30 percent while pasta is up 25 percent

A family of four in 2020 has consumed 30 percent less meat than four years ago, while there has been a 25 percent increase...

Destruction of the Turkish Central Bank’s independence explained

Turhan Bozkurt The Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB) started losing its independence after Durmuş Yılmaz left the post of governor in 2010. Yılmaz, who now...

Turkish lira plummets at unprecedented rate

The Turkish lira on Wednesday reached a new record low, trading at 8.23 to the US dollar amid Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s negative...

Rate of inflation in Turkey higher than officially announced: independent economists

Turkey’s rate of inflation in September is almost four times higher than the officially announced figure, according to an independent group of academics who...

Parliamentary oversight of Turkish gov’t expenditures to be abolished

The Turkish parliament will soon debate a bill that will remove government expenditures from parliamentary oversight, Turkish media outlets reported on Wednesday. Parliament’s Planning and Budget...

$120 bn made to ‘evaporate’ to keep dollar rate below TL 7, former Turkish economy minister says

Ali Babacan, Turkey's former economy minister who launched a new party this year to challenge President Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Wednesday that the government's...

Turkey’s central bank hikes interest rate to boost lira

Turkey's central bank has raised its one-week repo rate from 8.25 percent to 10.25 percent to boost the ailing lira, in a surprise move...

Turkish lira hits record low against US dollar

Turkey's lira continued to plummet on Tuesday as it stood at 7.6671 against the US dollar at 7:50 GMT, its weakest level on record,...

Turkey’s economy contracted 11.8 pct in second quarter: report

Turkey's economy contracted nearly 12 percent in the second quarter due to the coronavirus lockdown, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The figure indicates the...

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