Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food and energy costs rise

Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by SXX on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:17PM (#31622146)

Where exactly in Turkey are you? In Istanbul and Antalya they're literally everywhere. There are no less crypto exchanges than money transfer points like Western Union.

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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by alchemist1e9 on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:47PM (#31622537)

I’m in Bursa currently, bought gold in the old Bazar today, I was in Istanbul last week. Perhaps I’m blind but I’m pretty sure I would notice Bitcoin logos if I was seeing them.

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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by SXX on Saturday June 04, 2022 @04:00PM (#31624475)

This is really strange. A lot of currency exchange points in Istanbul also have USDT signs if you ask them.

There also like 3-4 points close to Grand Bazaar with BTC and USDT ads on them.

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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by akvadrako on Sunday June 05, 2022 @06:10AM (#31629573)

I've been in Istanbul this week and have seen at least 50 places with Bitcoin signs. Seems like every currency exchange point had them.

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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by alchemist1e9 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @11:07AM (#31631633)

I’ll look more closely when I’m back in Istanbul. I wonder if it is focused on tourist areas or locations? I’m living as average Turk not currently in tourist focused areas.

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Re:Turkey’s inflation soars to 73%, a 23-year high, as food ... by SXX on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:39AM (#31654131)

Yeah they're mostly in more touristic areas. A lot of normal exhchanges and Western Union / MoneyGram points also provide crypto exchange services.

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