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Umut Uras

Can market veteran Simsek pull Turkey’s economy back from brink?

Mehmet Simsek is expected to follow an anti-inflation monetary policy [File: Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP]

Mehmet Simsek, a former Turkish finance chief popular among foreign investors, has taken the helm of the economy again, signalling a return to more orthodox economic policies.

The United Kingdom-educated Simsek, a former strategist at London-based Merrill Lynch, was appointed treasury and finance minister on Saturday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his new cabinet after winning the May 28 presidential run-off that extended his rule for five more years and into a third decade.

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