Reuters - The lira weakened on Thursday, staying under pressure as a damaging standoff between Turkey and the United States centred on the fate of a Christian pastor showed no signs of easing. Ankara accused Washington of waging economic war and failing to respect its legal system over Andrew Brunson, whose trial in Turkey on terrorism charges -...

IFP - A complicated plot hatched by the Foundation for Defence of Democracies (FDD) and the funds provided by the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been at work to decrease the value of the Turkish national currency, a media report claims. The Fars News Agency has, in an article, discussed a complicated plan to bring down the value of the Turkish ...

Financial Tribune - Over the past week, the value of Turkish lira collapsed yet another time. At first glance, this seems like a problem peculiar to Turkey, but economists are warning that the Turkish liras slide will have a ripple effect on Irans economy. The 40% drop in the Turkish lira in recent months could escalate the outflow of currency ...

Press TV - For first time ever, Syria has introduced a banknote with the face of SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad. The 2,000 Syrian Lira ($3.9) bill went into circulation on Sunday, according to a statement released by the countrys central bank. This is the first time that Assads face has been featured on the countrys currency since he came to ...