Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan today called on Turks to convert their dollars and euros into Turkish pounds, as he seeks to strengthen the national currency, which has lost almost 20% of its value against the US currency this year.
"My brothers who have dollars or euros under their pillow. Go convert your money into pounds. "Together we will make this game a failure," Erdogan said at a rally in Erzurum, eastern Turkey, ahead of the June 24th parliamentary and presidential elections.