TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TURKISH LIRA

TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TURKISH LIRA

(220610) -- ISTANBUL, June 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People are seen at a foreign exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 9, 2022. Turkey's lira accelerated its downward spiral on Wednesday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed on Monday his pledge to further cut interest rates and ease borrowing. One dollar was traded at 17.15 Turkish liras at 13:05 local time (10:05 GMT), losing 2.5 percent of its value in a single day, bringing its total losses to almost 100 percent compared with a year ago. (Photo by Unal Cam/Xinhua)

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