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Banks boom in Turkey without government aid | Business: Loren Steffy | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

"Banks boom in Turkey without government aid
By LOREN STEFFY Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Nov. 10, 2009, 11:08PM

BODRUM, TURKEY— Perhaps it's the curse of a business columnist that when you travel, even for pleasure, you notice the economically unusual.

Maybe that's why, in spending a week in Turkey, I was surprised that amid the worst recession this country's seen since World War II, banks are booming."

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