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Maybe I'm sounding too negative, but the Turkish lira is in freefall. Maybe with less printed money taken away purchasing power from the holders of the currency

Maybe I'm sounding too negative, but the Turkish lira is in freefall. Maybe with less printed money taken away purchasing power from the holders of the currency (mainly poor people who don't invest their money) to create ,,pride'' projects, people would feel more pride when going into the stores.

nurettin 5y ago
Unfortunately, the lack of natural resources plays the biggest role in turkey's weakness against inflation. Once people are poor enough, turkey gets outside investment, enjoys luxury for a decade and the cycle starts over once cash is gone.
paganel 5y ago
There's nothing "pride" project about this, it actually shortens the transportation time by lorry between the industrial heartlands of Bursa and Izmir and the EU. My brother, who's a lorry driver (we're from Romania), used to go to both Izmir and Bursa quite a lot, and often times he would text me "I'm on the ferry at Çanakkale". I guess that won't be the case anymore with this new bridge. While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible.
- 2143 5y ago
  > a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else Maybe they could build something like the Eurotunnel that connects UK with France. Is there a ferry service between Spain and Morocco?
  - paganel 5y ago
    Yeap, there's one at Algeciras that I know of, maybe there are others, too, honestly too lazy to search for it right now.
- goodcanadian 5y ago
  While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible. I wouldn't say it is impossible, but my understanding is that it is decidedly non-trivial due to geography and geology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing

nurettin 5y ago

Unfortunately, the lack of natural resources plays the biggest role in turkey's weakness against inflation. Once people are poor enough, turkey gets outside investment, enjoys luxury for a decade and the cycle starts over once cash is gone.

paganel 5y ago

There's nothing "pride" project about this, it actually shortens the transportation time by lorry between the industrial heartlands of Bursa and Izmir and the EU. My brother, who's a lorry driver (we're from Romania), used to go to both Izmir and Bursa quite a lot, and often times he would text me "I'm on the ferry at Çanakkale". I guess that won't be the case anymore with this new bridge. While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible.

2143 5y ago
> a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else Maybe they could build something like the Eurotunnel that connects UK with France. Is there a ferry service between Spain and Morocco?
- paganel 5y ago
  Yeap, there's one at Algeciras that I know of, maybe there are others, too, honestly too lazy to search for it right now.
goodcanadian 5y ago
While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible. I wouldn't say it is impossible, but my understanding is that it is decidedly non-trivial due to geography and geology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing