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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismantled the country’s institutions. As an <a href="https://www.economist.com/special-report/2023/01/16/turkey-faces-a-crucial-election-this-summer?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discove ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/12/21/turkeys-president-launches-a-plan-to-shore-up-his-plummeting-currency?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shown ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heard Turkish voters back in May when they said they wanted change in the economy. So, he appointed a new finance minister and central bank governor to lead the charge. Despite the president’s strong opposition to using higher interest rates to cool ...  Show more

As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan keeps pushing his upside-down economic ideas, the currency plummets and an <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/erdogans-zany-monetary-experiment-is-impoverishing-turkey/21806459?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.n ...