President ErdoÄŸan gave his son-in-law wide powers as finance minister – and they will succeed or fail together
Consigliere for more than a decade and now Turkey’s second most powerful person, Berat Albayrak’s rise through the ranks has become one of the most consistent – and contentious – themes of the country’s recent history.
The 40-year-old businessman, who is due to address foreign investors about the lira crisis on Thursday, owes his position to his father-in-law, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, who has given him sweeping powers in Turkish life, particularly in the past five years.
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