Turkey faces junk status as Moody's weighs political turmoil
Credit-rating firm has to decide if the chaos will hamper country's ability to service debt
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BACK in December, with Turkey teetering on the edge of losing its investment-grade rating, Moody's Investors Service said only political stability and a commitment to a long-overdue economic reform programme could pull the country back from the brink.
Since then, Turkey has suffered the bombing of its airport by Islamic State and seen its parliament attacked by F-16s in an attempted coup. The country is also purging tens of thousands of people from the military, government and academia, all while being in a state of emergency that's given President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the power to rule by decree.
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