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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The outlet valued the luxury yacht at 40 million Turkish liras, or just under $1 million.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Erdogan’s unconventional view that the way to tame inflation was to lower interest rates has, unsurprisingly, led to spiraling inflation and eventually a collapsing Turkish lira.
—Ryan Hogg, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
And while, minimum wages have risen by 249 percent in the last two years, set at 22,104 lira (approxmimately $626) in January 2025, there was a change in the process, as minimum wage had not been increased again this summer.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 25 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The lira my father had given me were sweaty in my hand.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The outlet valued the luxury yacht at 40 million Turkish liras, or just under $1 million.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Erdogan’s unconventional view that the way to tame inflation was to lower interest rates has, unsurprisingly, led to spiraling inflation and eventually a collapsing Turkish lira.
—Ryan Hogg, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
And while, minimum wages have risen by 249 percent in the last two years, set at 22,104 lira (approxmimately $626) in January 2025, there was a change in the process, as minimum wage had not been increased again this summer.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Lira.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lira. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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