Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a conference at the Foreign Affairs building in Mexico City February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stepped up his criticism of the central bank on Wednesday, questioning whether it was under external influence and warning that the good character of its governor was no defence against poor policy.
Erdogan did not make clear where the outside influence might be coming from, but traders took it as a thinly-veiled reference to the network of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally-turned-foe whom Erdogan accuses of plotting against him.
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