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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish Lira Crisis Turns Political with Lawsuit Threat |
| 2021-12-31 |
| [An Nahar] ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... 's currency crisis turned increasingly political on Thursday after a top minister urged citizens to sue economists who comment on social media about the lira's slide.Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati's unusual remarks late Wednesday followed the banking regulator's decision to file complaints against more than 20 people -- including a former central bank governor -- over their Twitter posts. Turkey's beleaguered currency entered a tailspin that saw it lose nearly half its value from the start of November to the moment President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First |
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