EXCLUSIVE-Turkey seeks global funding help to gird against lira shock

May 15, 2020 - Istanbul, Turkey, Asia, Europe, Middle East - Turkey's government has appealed to foreign allies in an urgent search for funding, three senior Turkish officials said, as it prepares defences against what analysts fear could be a second currency crisis in as many years. Treasury and central bank officials have held bilateral talks in recent days with counterparts from Japan and the United Kingdom on setting up currency swap lines, and with Qatar and China on expanding existing facilities, the officials said.
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