Turkish lira crashes to a record low after Istanbul terror attack

Inani lemali yaseTurkey ekhungethwe izinkinga, i-lira, lehle laze lafinyelela ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu uma liqhathaniswa nedola laseMelika ngenxa yokukhathazeka okukhulayo kwezokuphepha ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamaphekula e-Istanbul kanye nezinga lokwehla kwamandla emali ngaphezu kwalokho ebekulindelekile.

I-lira ihwebe ngo-3.59 yaya kudola elilodwa ngoLwesibili, okuwukuphinde kwalahleka ngo-1.38 ngosuku ngemva kokuwa kwayo ngaphambili ngophahla lwama-lira angu-3.6, okuphawula okokuqala ngqa ukuthi inani layo lehlisa izinga eliphansi uma liqhathaniswa nemali yaseMelika.

Imali yaseTurkey ishaywe phambilini ngokwenyuka okubukhali kwamandla emali obekungalindelekile emuva ngoDisemba, okudala okulindelekile kokukhuphuka kwamanani kule nyanga.

Izintengo zabathengi zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-8.5 ngoDisemba uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule kanye namaphesenti angu-8.5 unyaka wonke odlule.

Izintengo eTurkey ziphinde zenyuka ngamaphesenti angu-1.64 kusukela ngoNovemba, okungaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe abahlaziyi bezezimali.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlasela kwamaphekula kaNcibijane ku-nightclub e-Istanbul, okwashiya abantu abangu-39 beshonile, kubhekwa njengento ebalulekile ekwehleni kwenani le-lira yaseTurkey.

The terror assault, claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, was the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in the past several months in Turkey, which is widely suspected of backing militants in Syria and Iraq.

Ukuhlasela okuhlobene kakhulu ne-Daesh eTurkey, kanye nokunye okwengeziwe kwe-Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), kuphazamise imboni yezokuvakasha ebalulekile yezwe kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali.

Imali yaseTurkey ilahlekelwe kakhulu ngamaphesenti angama-24 yenani layo uma liqhathaniswa nedola ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule. Kuze kube manje ilahlekelwe ngamaphesenti angama-53 enanini eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngemuva kokuthi ihwebe ngo-2.34 ngedola laseMelika ekuqaleni kuka-2015.