TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TURKISH LIRA

TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TURKISH LIRA

(220509) -- ISTANBUL, May 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a foreign exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 9, 2022. The Turkish currency broke through a key threshold Monday against the U.S. dollar amid the soaring inflation rate. At 2:10 p.m. (1110 GMT), one dollar was traded at 15.03 Turkish liras, exceeding the resistance level of 15.00. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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