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Ryan Hogg, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
And while, minimum wages have risen by 249 percent in the last two years, set at 22,104 lira (approxmimately $626) in January 2025, there was a change in the process, as minimum wage had not been increased again this summer.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 25 Aug. 2025
Turkish savers revolted against the lira, with nearly 70% of bank deposits denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies by the peak in 2022-2023.
—Matthew C. Klein, semafor.com, 17 July 2025
So even though the two models are only about 391,000 lira apart in price, this balloons to 1.6 million, or $40,000, after tax.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
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Erdogan’s unconventional view that the way to tame inflation was to lower interest rates has, unsurprisingly, led to spiraling inflation and eventually a collapsing Turkish lira.
—Ryan Hogg, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
And while, minimum wages have risen by 249 percent in the last two years, set at 22,104 lira (approxmimately $626) in January 2025, there was a change in the process, as minimum wage had not been increased again this summer.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 25 Aug. 2025
Turkish savers revolted against the lira, with nearly 70% of bank deposits denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies by the peak in 2022-2023.
—Matthew C. Klein, semafor.com, 17 July 2025
So even though the two models are only about 391,000 lira apart in price, this balloons to 1.6 million, or $40,000, after tax.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 July 2025
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“Lira.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lira. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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