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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit hard on Friday evening by announcing the dismissal of Central Bank Governor Naci Agbal, a former finance minister, in office for just four months. The financial world, which hates uncertainty, saw the full risk of such a transaction, which triggered panicked sales of Turkish Lira on the forex market. The Turkish lira tumbled more than 17% against the dollar early Monday in currency markets, trading early in the morning in Asia as high as 8.47 pounds for a greenback against 7.22 at the end of last week. , a fall of 17%.