Europe | Exit Erdoganomics?
Turkey’s President Erdogan shifts towards sane economics
A new cabinet offers hope of a policy U-turn
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Editor’s update (June 9th): This piece was updated after Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan, a former Goldman Sachs banker, as governor of the central bank.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Braking at the cliff’s edge”
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