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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
The outdoor cinema costs 400 Turkish lira per person and films range from Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl to Kate Winslet’s Lee.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
And any wobble in the economy is going to reflect in popular support for the AKP and expose political problems that have, until now, been papered over by a stream of Turkish lira.
—Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2014
In short, America risks taking on the economic traits of a badly run emerging economy (look at how the Turkish lira and bond market have performed in the past five years as an extreme comparison).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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So even though the two models are only about 391,000 lira apart in price, this balloons to 1.6 million, or $40,000, after tax.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
The outdoor cinema costs 400 Turkish lira per person and films range from Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl to Kate Winslet’s Lee.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
And any wobble in the economy is going to reflect in popular support for the AKP and expose political problems that have, until now, been papered over by a stream of Turkish lira.
—Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2014
In short, America risks taking on the economic traits of a badly run emerging economy (look at how the Turkish lira and bond market have performed in the past five years as an extreme comparison).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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“Lira.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lira. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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