A fresh look at Turkey’s banking sector risks

The plunge in the lira and rise in borrowing costs is likely to push the Turkish economy into a technical recession in the second half of this year. But the vulnerabilities that have built up in the banking sector during the recent credit boom could turn a recession into a more severe crisis.

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