ISTANBUL — Once ridiculed for his enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies, Cihan Azboy, a shopkeeper in Turkey’s southeastern province of Batman, says everyone is now asking him how to invest in fast-growing and sometimes risky crypto exchanges.
The queries reflect a rising national interest in digital currencies, best visualized by a recent spike in crypto-related Google searches, particularly in Azboy’s region, where job prospects and income levels are lower than in western Turkish provinces.
