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“We haven’t found a home in Istanbul. It’s terribly expensive. We’ve moved in with my parents.” So says Hafize Gaye Erkan, the new head of Turkey’s central bank who, in an interview with Turkish media, slammed Istanbul’s skyrocketing rent prices. “Is it possible that Istanbul has got more expensive than Manhattan?” she asked. Many Turks have taken to social media, seemingly incredulous that even the 44-year-old governor, who previously worked at financial firms including Goldman Sachs and First Republic Bank, cannot afford her rent. “Even when the head of the central bank cannot afford rent, w…

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