‘Just As Independent As The Fed’: Erdogan’s Son-In-Law Jokes About Trump’s Control Over Central Bank

"You’re independent but you have to aim for the same target". That is what Berat Albayrak said during a panel discussion in Davos on Wednesday, while discussing central bank autonomy. Albayrak is Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister. He's also Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law. Regular readers know how this evolved. In July of 2018, after consolidating power in a position he (basically) made up, Erdogan shocked markets by appointing Albayrak as economic czar. "This is absolutely not wh

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One thought on “‘Just As Independent As The Fed’: Erdogan’s Son-In-Law Jokes About Trump’s Control Over Central Bank

  1. This article is “Right on” as it is exactly the way what is going on with ONE MAN rule in Turkey! Turkey, under Erdogan is a total mess with dim future.. Economy is going down the crapper no matter how Albayrak the idiot son-in-law tries to dig himself out of the mess he and his father in law has created.

    Turkey IS an Islamic Dictatership and doomed for a failure in every sense of the world….
    As for Trump, well there is no hope for him. We have given up except of course the base of lost souls…

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