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Erdogan shakes up foreign policy in response to economic crisis

Turkey's Central Bank rate cut hasn’t stopped the lira’s free fall, as Turkey announces an initiative for rapprochement with Armenia.

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People pass a currency exchange store on Nov. 17, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. The currency crisis is shaking Turkey's economy and upending living standards as people struggle to make ends meet. — Chris McGrath/Getty Images

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."

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