What the sliding lira and economy mean for Turkey’s banks
Keep an eye on foreign funding and bad loans
THESE are glorious days at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium, a tidy 14,000-seat football ground perched on a steep hillside in the Kasimpasa district of Istanbul—and named after a local lad who became president. Kasimpasa SK are top of the Super Lig, Turkey’s top division, having won their first four games of the season.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Offside”
Finance & economics September 15th 2018
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