Turkish central bank governor resigns
STORY: Turkish central bank governor resigns
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024/Earlier footage
DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:52
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Hafize Gaye Erkan
2. various of the Turkish Central Bank
3. Various of Hafize Gaye Erkan's resignation message posted on X
4. various of Hafize Gaye Erkan
STORYLINE:
Turkish central bank governor Hafize Gaye Erkan on Friday evening announced her resignation.
In a message posted on X, Erkan, the first woman governor of Türkiye's central bank, said she chose to resign after a major "reputation assassination campaign" had recently been organized against her.
"To prevent my family and my innocent child, who is not even one and a half years old, from being further affected by this process, I have requested from our President to be pardoned from my duty," read her post.
Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said Erkan's decision was personal and she took it at her own discretion.
"I respect her decision and th
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