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What next for the Turkish economy?

Victory in the elections held in Turkey yesterday ensures an unprecedented third term for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). But the positive market reaction, including a stockmarket rally and strengthening exchange rate, could be short-lived as concerns over the scale of the adjustment needed to tackle the twin fiscal and current account deficits come to the fore.

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