ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has thwarted attacks on its economy aimed at making the country “kneel”, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday and likened the motivations behind the attacks to a 2016 failed coup attempt.
Erdogan and his government often blame the nation’s economic woes on attacks they say were plotted internationally by foreign powers or groups perceived as terrorists by Ankara. Erdogan said volatility in the lira currency, which has been hovering around record lows for months, was a result of the attacks.