The reason Turkey’s economic collapse is so scary is that Iran, Russia, and Syria are waiting in the wings
Samantha Lee/Business Insider Lots of things are going wrong in Turkey at once, driven by the collapse of its currency, the lira. The West needs Turkey to be strong, as Turkey is a physical buffer between Europe and the war in Syria. US sanctions have annoyed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who says he is…