support in the elections. According to a poll from April 2018, 42 percent of Turks and 59 percent of governing AK Party voters saw the decline in the lira as a plot by foreign powers. Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu claimed Trump's wish to let the current US-Turkish tensions to drag on to the November 2018 US elections so to appeal to his Christian base and gain some points for his party. The late 2021 collapse of the Turkish lira has cost Erdoğan greatly, for with the currency collapsing faster than it ever had in its history, his opinion poll ratings are slumping. He recently sacked another finance minister and replaced him with a hard-line Erdoğanist and opponent of interest rates. In a statement on 10 December 2021, the Central Bank said it had sold foreign exchange for a third time during December 2021, helping to arrest the lira's slide closer to the 14-per-dollar mark. The loss of value by the Turkish lira has had a large effect on the prices of goods in Turkey, the price of bread since December 2021, according to the BBC, rising 40%. The collapse has also drastically increased the cost of imports. Current exchange rates See also Banknotes of Turkey Coins of Turkey Economy of Turkey Economy of Northern Cyprus Ottoman lira References Further reading External links Turkish Central Bank (Banknote Museum page) TL Simge Turkish lira sign page of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey website Detailed information on the Turkish lira banknotes and coins in circulation since 2009 Turk Numismatics Turkish Lira Today Turkey Banknotes Catalog | Turkish Lira since 1923 Historical and current banknotes of Turkey Lira History of the Republic of Turkey Economy of Northern Cyprus Banknotes of Turkey Economy of the Ottoman Empire Currency symbols