2022
DOI: 10.1017/npt.2022.5
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The long and bitter fall: an account of events that shook the Turkish economy during September–December 2021

Abstract: The problems that the Turkish economy faced during the September-December 2021 period, which attracted a great deal of attention at home and abroad, was in essence a currency crisis with far-reaching implications for almost all aspects of the political economy. As the Central Bank reduced its policy rate from 19 percent in September to 14 percent in December through successive monthly announcements, the Turkish Lira (TL) experienced an unprecedentedly sharp depreciation-should one say collapse?-from 8.30 TL to… Show more

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“…The latest episode of the rate hikes-and-cuts, with the sustained low levels of interest rates, or the “long and bitter fall” (Şenses, 2022), was marked by the beginning of the tenure of the current CBRT governor, a former AKP parliamentarian, Sahap Kavciouglu in March 2021. The CBRT reduced interest rates rapidly from 19% to 14% in September 2021.…”
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“…The latest episode of the rate hikes-and-cuts, with the sustained low levels of interest rates, or the “long and bitter fall” (Şenses, 2022), was marked by the beginning of the tenure of the current CBRT governor, a former AKP parliamentarian, Sahap Kavciouglu in March 2021. The CBRT reduced interest rates rapidly from 19% to 14% in September 2021.…”
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“…The result of the latest episode of interest rate cut caused a historic collapse of TL, which led to a skyrocketing inflation rate impoverishing the masses (Şenses, 2022). This last episode cut marked the culmination of a prolonged economic crisis that was initially triggered by the currency crisis in 2018, even if the challenge to the capital inflow-dependent credit-led growth model had begun to observe its limits since 2013 (Akçay & Güngen, 2022).…”
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“…He followed on the theme with several co-edited books and articles in the following years. His cooperation with Z. Öniş, in particular, resulted in many influential pieces (Öniş and Şenses, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2022; Öniş, Şenses and Bakır, 2013) that brought forth a thorough assessment of the neoliberal transformation of the Turkish economy from a critical perspective.…”
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“…Şenses continued producing impactful academic work till the end, undeterred by his severely deteriorating health. His most recent piece in NPT on the stormy period that the Turkish economy went through during the last months of 2021 reached a worldwide audience quickly thanks to his insightful analysis of the macroeconomic events and their social impact (Şenses, 2022).…”
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