Erdogan shakes up foreign policy in response to economic crisis

  • Date: 18-Dec-2021
  • Source: Al-Monitor
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
  • Who else needs to know?

Erdogan shakes up foreign policy in response to economic crisis

Turkey’s lira in freefall despite rate cut

On Dec. 8, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who faces re-election in 2023, said that Turkey ‘is the breakout star of the global economic system that is being restructured with the pandemic.’

That’s a tough sell these days. Turkey’s national currency, the lira, continued its downward spiral this week after the Central Bank cut interest rates for the fourth time in a row on December 16.