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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul

Turkey’s economic crisis expected to deepen after Erdoğan tops poll

A vendor in Istanbul with election posters of Turkish president Tayyip Erdoğan in the background
A vendor in Istanbul with election posters of Erdoğan in the background. The president subverted expectations by coming top in the first round. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

Analysts expect Turkey’s economic crisis to worsen after President Tayyip Erdoğan came top in the first round of the country’s presidential election and his party gained a parliamentary majority in a legislative vote.

The Turkish lira, which has devalued steadily in recent years including halving in value in one year alone, dropped close to a historic low as markets opened the morning after Sunday’s vote.

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