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A Turkish man leaves a currency exchange shop in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. A financial shockwave ripped through Turkey on Friday as its currency nosedived on concerns about its economic policies and a dispute with the U.S., which President Donald Trump stoked further with a promise to double tariffs on the NATO ally. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkish central bank tries to contain currency crisis

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A woman checks the currency exchange rates at a currency exchange shop in Istanbul, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Turkey's central bank announced a series of measures on Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis. The Turkish lira has nosedived over the past week and tumbled another 7 percent on Monday as the central bank's measures failed to restore investor confidence. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Why Turkey’s currency is plunging and what it means

By DAVID McHUGH and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Lower taxes and reduced red tape have helped fuel a middle-class boom. (Associated Press/File)

The Latest: Germany urges solution on Turkish prisoners

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A man checks foreign currency exchange rates outside a currency exchange shop in an Istanbul's market, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. A financial shockwave ripped through Turkey on Friday as its currency nosedived on concerns about its economic policies and a dispute with the U.S., which President Donald Trump stoked further with a promise to double tariffs on the NATO ally.. (AP Photo/Mucahid Yapici)

Turkey’s finance chief: Action plan ready to ease markets

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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference with Senator Chris Coons in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Feb. 20, 2018. Graham, the chairman of a U.S. Senate panel dealing with foreign aid said Tuesday that a new agreement granting Jordan $1.275 billion a year through 2022 “is a floor” and that Congress is likely to authorize additional financial support for the kingdom. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Lindsey Graham says ‘normal relationship’ with Turkey impossible with pastor Andrew Brunson jailed

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A woman walks past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index outside a Hong Kong local bank Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Asian stock prices sank Monday as Turkey’s financial turmoil fueled fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Asian stocks sink as Turkey fears hurt emerging markets

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in his Black Sea hometown, Rize, Turkey, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s president: U.S. waging ‘economic war’ against Turkey

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Berat Albayrak, Turkey's Treasury and Finance Minister, wipes his forehead as he talks during a conference in Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in a bid to ease investor concerns about Turkey's economic policy. Albayrak said the government will safeguard the independence of the central bank and outlined his ministry's new economic policy as the currency plunged, raising questions about the country's financial stability. (AP Photo/Mucahid Yapici)

Why Turkey’s currency is plunging and what it means

By David McHugh and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Traders Richard Deviccaro, center, and Joseph Dente, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Stocks are opening moderately lower on Wall Street following steeper losses in Europe, where investors worried about a sharp drop in Turkey's currency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Markets Right Now: Turkish turmoil sends US stocks lower

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with state leaders about prison reform, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump decides to double tariffs on Turkey: Relations ‘are not good at this time!’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Latest: Official says sanctions lack ‘state seriousness’

Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at his Black Sea hometown, Guneysu, Turkey, early Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Turkey's Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak will reveal a &quot; new economic model &quot; as the Turkish Lira has lost more than 30 percent of its value since the start of the year. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s currency nosedives on economic concerns, U.S. dispute

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a statement on national television from his official residence in Istanbul, Sunday, June 24, 2018. Erdogan was proclaimed the winner early Monday of a landmark election that ushers in a government system granting the president sweeping new powers and which critics say will cement what they call a one-man rule. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey to outline ‘new economic model’ as currency slides

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Turkey’s president to meet Merkel in Germany next month

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Illustration on U.S./Turkish relations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S.-Turkish relations in a tailspin

By Ilan Berman

In this July 25, 2018 photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. Brunson, who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

EDITORIAL: Turkey’s vindictive behavior is unworthy of a NATO ‘ally’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters. (Associated Press/File)

New sanctions will not harm U.S.-Turkey cooperation in Syria, says Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a statement on national television from his official residence in Istanbul, Sunday, June 24, 2018. Erdogan was proclaimed the winner early Monday of a landmark election that ushers in a government system granting the president sweeping new powers and which critics say will cement what they call a one-man rule. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey freezes assets of U.S. justice, interior ministers

By Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2018 photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. Brunson, who had been jailed in Turkey for more than one and a half years on terror and espionage charges was released and will be put under house arrest as his trial continues. The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

Turkey slaps sanctions on 2 US officials in retaliation

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Pompeo: Despite tensions, Turkey remains a key US ally

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press