But has it really been only the now-absent lira rollercoaster that kept the economy afloat? I'm far from convinced that an independent currency would have been

But has it really been only the now-absent lira rollercoaster that kept the economy afloat? I'm far from convinced that an independent currency would have been a decisive advantage in dealing with the economic challenges of the recent decades, they might even be in a worse position without the euro (not speculating that they would, just refusing to take the other outcome as a given)