Erdoğan calls on Turks to convert dollar, euros into lira

ISTANBUL – Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan called on Turks on Saturday to convert their dollar and euro savings into lira, as he sought to bolster the ailing currency which has lost some 20 percent of its value against the US currency this year.

"My brothers who have dollars or euros under their pillow. Go and convert your money into lira. We will thwart this game together," Erdoğan said at a rally in the eastern city of Erzurum ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24.