Erdogan Suggests Turkish-Russian Payment System, Local Media Reports
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly pushing for Turkey and Russia to establish a new payment system between them. The initiative comes amid U.S. pressure against the use of the Russian Mir cards in Turkey. Some Turkish banks have been working with them to facilitate payments by Russian tourists visiting the country. President Erdogan Tasks Turkish Government With Developing Mir Alternative, Report President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has instructed ministers to develop a payment system with Russia to serve as an alternative to the Russian banking....
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan recently banned Twitter in Turkey after the network refused to remove tweets linking to incriminating recordings and documents directly involving him. After vehemently denying the validity of these documents, Erdogan announced on March 20 that following a court order, Twitter would be disabled in the country. "We'll eradicate Twitter," he said. "I don't care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic." This resulted in what's been referred to by Forbes as the Streisand effect, whereby an effort to cover....
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Turkish residents continuously maintain a bullish stance on crypto transactions despite the bear markets. Ismail H. Polat, a media lecturer at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, said the driving factor is the high inflation. Recent reports show the Turkish crypto industry is working to build the crypto ecosystem amid the bear market. The Turkish blockchain […]
The Turkish lira currency plunged by more than 10% on March 22 after the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unexpectedly fired Naci Agbal, the country’s central bank governor. Having initially touched a new low of 8.280 a dollar, the lira recovered to close at 7.75 a dollar by 20.00 hours GMT. Inflation Fears On the other hand, a day before the lira crashed, bitcoin became the most searched word in Turkey. As Google trends data shows, searches for bitcoin spiked by more than 500% as inflation fears grew following Agbal’s ouster. Before his sacking, Agbal, who....