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Turkish finance minister wrecks economy ‘with a twinkle in his eye’ · Global Voices
Turkish finance minister wrecks economy ‘with a twinkle in his eye’
The minister dodged questions on the economy's failing figures
Written by
Arzu Geybullayeva
Posted 30 December 2021 7:20 GMT
Turkish Twitter-sphere was full of memes and jokes after the country’s new Minister of Treasure and Finance, Nureddin Nebati, exclaimed in a TV interview that the economy was about the “twinkle” in his eyes. The twinkle was the minister’s response to a question on economic indicators as the country navigates its worst-ever financial crisis, largely caused by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s unorthodox economic policies, now dubbed Erdoganomics.
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