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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Politics fuel jitters as Turkish lira falls - Business - International Herald Tribune

"Politics fuel jitters as Turkish lira falls
By Dan Bilefsky International Herald Tribune

Published: July 2, 2006

ISTANBUL "The ghosts of 2001 are hovering over Turkey," Ergun Hicyilmaz said, referring to the economic meltdown that shook the country to the depths of the Bosphorus and marked its worst crisis since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the republic out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923."

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