ANKARA -- After going on at length about Turkey's breakneck growth from 2003 to 2013, a period during which the country became an emerging market darling to international investors, the once and long-served economy czar took a deep breath and sighed. The subject had just turned. "What, when and how did it all go wrong?"
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's abhorrence of high interest rates resulted in close to 15% inflation in 2020. © Nikkei montage
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Erdogan swallows 'bitter pills' as inflation again rocks Turkey
Architect of past growth blasts president for letting currency slide and cash flee
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