![TURKEY-CORRUPTION/ECONOMY A street vendor sells traditional Turkish bagels, simit, outside the historical Grand Bazaar, known as the Covered Bazaar, in Istanbul January 3, 2014. When a senior Turkish businessman publicly criticised the central bank this week for failing to stabilise the tumbling lira currency, he was taking aim at a pillar of support for the government: its reputation for strong economic management. Monetary policy "is causing losses to companies which made transactions trusting in the central bank", complained Mehm](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/02/RTX1710F.jpg/RTX1710F.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=QNks7ROT)
![TURKEY-CORRUPTION/ECONOMY A street vendor sells traditional Turkish bagels, simit, outside the historical Grand Bazaar, known as the Covered Bazaar, in Istanbul January 3, 2014. When a senior Turkish businessman publicly criticised the central bank this week for failing to stabilise the tumbling lira currency, he was taking aim at a pillar of support for the government: its reputation for strong economic management. Monetary policy "is causing losses to companies which made transactions trusting in the central bank", complained Mehm](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/02/RTX1710F.jpg/RTX1710F.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=QNks7ROT)
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![TURKEY-CORRUPTION/ECONOMY A street vendor sells traditional Turkish bagels, simit, outside the historical Grand Bazaar, known as the Covered Bazaar, in Istanbul January 3, 2014. When a senior Turkish businessman publicly criticised the central bank this week for failing to stabilise the tumbling lira currency, he was taking aim at a pillar of support for the government: its reputation for strong economic management. Monetary policy "is causing losses to companies which made transactions trusting in the central bank", complained Mehm](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/02/RTX1710F.jpg/RTX1710F.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=QNks7ROT)
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