Erdogan accuses US of waging economic 'war' against Turkey as he threatens to ‘look for new allies’
Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the US of waging economic “war” on Turkey amid a downturn that has seen the currency plunge. The warning came after his US counterpart, Donald Trump, escalated a feud by doubling tariffs on metals imports. Speaking in the northeastern province of Rize, Mr Erdogan said dollars, euros and gold were now "the bullets, cannonballs and missiles of the economic war being waged against our country”.