Turkey's Erdoğan: Our goal is to double GDP per capita by 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is now speaking at the AKP symposium with key quotes found below.

• Our main goal is not to overcome this cyclical crisis, it is to double our GDP per capita by 2023.

After edging down to a daily low at 6.41, the USD/TRY pair gained traction during Erdoğan's speech and was last seen trading at 6.60, still down 4% on the day.