Turkish President Erdogan expels 10 ambassadors, 7 of them NATO allies

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One for the Turkish lira traders. Erdogan hasn’t stopped at sacking senior officials at the central bank.

From earlier this month:

Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of

  • Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, New Zealand and the United States

Seven of those are Turkey’s NATO allies. 

Via Reuters, Erdogan announced the expulsions to cheers from a crowd he was addressing. 

The deepening rift with the west will not be a positive contribution to lira sentiment. 

Erdogan giving TRY

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