In northern Syria, currency switch shows Turkey's influence

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Last month Hussam Shamo, a baker in northern Syria, stopped selling his bread in...

Now Syrians in Azaz are paying for their daily bread, the gas to cook their food, clothes and even gold jewelry in Turkish currency after the Syrian pound, which traded at 47 to the U.S. dollar before Syria’s conflict erupted in 2011, crashed through 1,000 to the dollar last month.

“We were suffering in this region... from the rise and fall and the instability of the Syrian pound,” Shamo said. “The local councils in and around Azaz took this decision based on the reality that we are experiencing.” Goldsmith Fawzi Kano said the plunging value of the Syrian pound meant that so many notes were needed to do business that people were carrying currency around in garbage bags.

Others see more political significance in the change. Ahmed Mustafa, a 35-year-old policeman, said using the lira underlined the support Turkey had given to the region.

 

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