Turkish Lira Surges as Erdogan Win Rekindles Market Rally

The Turkish lira surged in value as Recep Tayyip Erdogan came out victorious in the Turkish Presidential elections, sparking renewed interest in the world’s most dismal emerging-market currency for 2017. The lira increased by over 2.5% to clock in at 3.6188 per dollar, the currency’s largest intraday gains since January 2017. The Turkish market is now expected to rally as an instantaneous reaction to this recent win from Erdogan and then step back later on to assess what this means for the country’s economic policies as well as relationships with allied nations such as US and the eurozone.