Turkey does not have an official exchange rate target.


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The industry has had a caning over the exchange rate.
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I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
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within the coming days.
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The reform of the exchange rate has been proved a successful one.
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We cannot create artificiality, we cannot evade the principles of the floating exchange rate.
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Coexistence... what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.
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MAHERSHALA ALI
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is diff...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the ri...
MAHERSHALA ALI
You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse wor...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to wh...
MAHERSHALA ALI
There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me - those are some of t...
MAHERSHALA ALI
'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have...
MAHERSHALA ALI
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
MAHERSHALA ALI
It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so i...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.
MAHERSHALA ALI
Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you hav...
MAHERSHALA ALI
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always ...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved fo...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Family are the people that can hurt you the most.
MAHERSHALA ALI
I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin...
NADIA ALI
I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you l...
NADIA ALI
I believe the most attractive thing about a guy is his personality and the way he views the world. I...
NADIA ALI
The advice I would give to girls from Eastern backgrounds who are interested in the arts is that it ...
NADIA ALI
I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebano...
NADIA ALI
As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am.
NADIA ALI
I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
NADIA ALI
I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights b...
NADIA ALI
Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me...
NADIA ALI
I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand ou...
NADIA ALI
Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance...
NADIA ALI
How could 30 years be the blink-of-the-eye it felt? It was the difference between black-and-white fo...
ALI SMITH
Cause nobody's the slightest idea who we are, or who we were, not even we ourselves
- except, ...
ALI SMITH
We form bonds. It's a very female bonding kind of dance.
AISHA ALI
It's normal to move the pelvis. It's not meant to be lascivious. It's meant to be a form of everyday...
AISHA ALI