text: Customers use automated teller machines (ATM) operated by Akbank TAS, center, and, Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS, right, in the Besiktas district of Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The lira hovered near its lowest level since late August against the dollar while stocks and government bonds fell as the threat of U.S. penalties mounted after a Turkish military operation in northeast Syria got underway.