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  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkey raises interest rates as it steps up decisive shift in economic policy

    Central bank continues to unwind unorthodox position favoured by Erdoğan as it seeks to stem runaway inflation

    A shopper browses garments in Istanbul
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    LexTurkish economy
    Turkey: risk takers dip their toes into the equity market Premium content

    International investors are alert to signs that Erdoğan is finally addressing the country’s ills

    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s trade deficit falls 35% in sign of cooling economy

    Drop in imports last month reflects sharp devaluation in lira, which hit record low against dollar on Monday

    The port of Izmir in Turkey
  • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkey unwinds measures designed to increase lira holdings

    Central bank calls move ‘first step’ towards a more conventional monetary policy

    People wait to exchange money in Istanbul
  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Turkish lira slumps as new economic team starts ‘intentional devaluation’

    Currency undergoes biggest fall since late 2021 after finance minister’s pledge to restore ‘rational’ policies

    A cashier counts out Turkish lira banknotes on the counter of a foreign currency exchange store in Istanbul
  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Markets InsightLiam Peach
    Turkey needs a significant adjustment in the lira

    If the country’s shift towards economic orthodoxy is real, credible steps need to be taken quickly

    A vendor counts Turkish Lira banknotes inside a shop in Ankara
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Turkey’s economic fate is still in the president’s hands

    After a promising rejig, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must loosen his grip on economic policy

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan walks with his cabinet in Ankara. Turkey desperately needs to shift away from the president’s economically illiterate agenda
  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s lira weakens as economists warn of Erdoğan’s ‘unsustainable’ policies

    Re-elected president insists interest rates should stay low despite inflation running at over 40%

    Customers use cash machines in Ankara, Turkey
  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Market jitters push Turkish lira to fresh low ahead of presidential vote

    Currency falls to 20 to the dollar for the first time as polls predict Erdoğan victory at runoff election

    A customer hands over Turkish lira banknotes to pay for goods at a fruit and vegetable stall in Turkey
  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    News in-depthTurkish economy
    Erdoğan’s ‘unsustainable’ policy risks lira sell-off, warn rating agencies

    Investors increasingly concerned over Turkish president’s insistence that low interest rates cure inflation

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkish default protection costs soar as Erdoğan leads presidential vote

    Cost of credit default swaps records biggest rise in two years, while bonds sell off

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday appeared on course to clinch Turkey’s presidential election
  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Turkish economy
    Turkish exports hit record high in 2022

    Cheap lira and closer ties with Russia boost trade, aiding Erdoğan’s re-election hopes

    Visitors walk past fishermen on the Galata Bridge in Istanbul
  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Turkey
    Turkey cuts benchmark interest rate despite rampant inflation

    Central bank imposes bigger than expected reduction to 10.5% as Erdoğan battles to bring down borrowing costs

    Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkish inflation tops 83% as Erdoğan promises more rate cuts

    September’s price rises are the worst since president’s ruling party came to power 20 years ago

    A spice market in Istanbul
  • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s central bank cuts rates despite rampant inflation

    Decision comes at a time when central banks around the world have been raising borrowing costs

    People walking in front of the the Turkish central bank in Ankara
  • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
    News in-depthTurkish economy
    Turkey taps tourism revenues in effort to steady its fragile economy

    Businesses in Cappadocia region say every dollar and euro counts as country faces soaring energy import bill

    Hot air balloons flying above a rock plateau
  • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkey surprises with interest rate cut as inflation soars

    Currency slides after central bank loosens policy further and lowers rate to 13%

    A customer holds 200 Turkish lira banknotes
  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Turkish bank regulator limits lira loans for firms holding foreign exchange

    Under-pressure currency climbs in response but analysts say move is further step towards capital controls

    Turkish  lira note
  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Turkey promises new bond plan as lira weakness deepens

    Little reprieve for currency after government pledges to tackle ‘topics on our economic agenda’

    Turkish lira banknotes
  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkish lira’s slide accelerates as Erdoğan vows to continue slashing rates

    Currency has shed 22% this year and analysts warn fall is ‘likely to continue’ without rate rises

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking from a podium surrounded by Turkish flags
  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkish inflation hits 20-year high of 54%

    Discontent grows about state of economy as lira tumbles

    Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    ExplainerTurkish economy
    In charts: can Erdogan’s gamble keep the Turkish lira steady?

    President is backing unorthodox measures to stabilise the currency but analysts are sceptical

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Fitch downgrades Turkish debt amid soaring inflation

    Rating agency says Erdogan’s flagship savings scheme will not ‘sustainably ease’ macroeconomic and financial stability risks

    A woman brandishes her utility bills during a protest in Istanbul against high energy prices
  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkey to target ‘under the mattress’ gold in effort to bolster the lira

    Ankara hopes to convert about $25bn of the hidden metal into the currency in latest scheme

    A gold shop in Istanbul, pictured in January 2022
  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Turkish lira steadies after tumbling 44% in tumultuous 2021

    Savings programme has helped slow selling in the currency, but analysts remain sceptical

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