尽管里拉暴跌、通胀高企，但埃尔多安仍然施压央行不许升息，担心增长放缓会影响到他的政党在明年的地方选举中的前景，特别是在土耳其城市地区。
Though the lira is in freefall and inflation is soaring, Erdoğan has pressured the central bank not to raise interest rates, for fear that a growth slowdown will hurt his party’s prospects in next year’s local elections, especially in Turkey’s cities.