Turkish currency falls after Erdogan fires central bank head
Murat Çetinkaya refuses to obey president’s demand to lower interest rates, and economists now fear loss of confidence in lira.
Workers pick up the garbage next to a billboard reading "Thank You Istanbul" and portraying AKP ruling party mayor candidate Binali Yildirim and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul, on April 2, 2019(photo credit: BULENT KILIC / AFP)ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/ THE MEDIA LINE
