> after the collapse of the regime in syria, the currency used by bashar al-assad began to be no longer accepted by the public, rendering it unusable.  > syrians, who had started trading in turkish lira in areas controlled by turkey in the northern buffer zone, have been now expanding usage of turkish curency from aleppo to damascus. > as one dollar was equivalent to 27,000 syrian liras, syrians have started exchanging their dollars for turkish lira, which has been nearly 35 times less valuable than the dollar.   -turkish-lira-spreads-in-syria-news -65394
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