The Finance Ministry said the use of consultants was normal, adding that suggestions a private company would be running Turkey’s economy were false. LONDON — Turkey’s president says his country is fighting an “economic war” with the United States and has called for a boycott of the dollar and American goods such as iPhones. But […]

The strongman has blamed White House pressure for a financial crisis that began long before this summer’s spat over detained U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson. BURSA, Turkey — In an ancient city built on money and trade, times are hard. Bursa, the original capital of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey’s fourth-largest city, lay at the heart […]

ISTANBUL  – President Tayyip Erdogan appealed to Turks’ religious and patriotic feelings ahead of a major Muslim holiday on Monday, promising they would not be brought “to their knees” by an economic crisis that has battered the lira currency. The lira TRYTOM=D3 has tumbled some 40 percent this year, hit by worries about Erdogan’s influence […]