Ankara is well aware of the cost of strained U.S. ties. A diplomatic crisis last year, when Trump imposed sanctions on two of Erdogan's ministers and raised tariffs on Turkish metal exports, helped push the Turkish lira to a record low in August.
I-Ankara yazi kahle izindleko zokubophela kobudlelwano base-U.S. Inkinga yamanxusa ngonyaka owedlule, lapho uTrump ebeka unswinyo kongqongqoshe ababili baka-Erdogan futhi wakhuphula intela yokuthunyelwa kwensimbi eTurkey, kwasiza ukududula i-lira yaseTurkey yashisa phansi ngo-Agasti.