This is just what happens, there is always some crisis in the economy until it recovers. But each time the crisis is worse and the recovery is smaller.
its crushing hard but moto erDOGan has behind low interest rates is kinda understandable too, i dont think there are right or wrong ways to solve it, every decision has a downside.
also yeah like a week ago i sold euros for 20(!) tl which was kinda crazy peak price
I went to Istanbul last year and can only say good things. What a great city, so lively and so much history. Fatih is the place to stay as that's where the most interesting historical stuff is, but beyoglu and Galata have some great sites/places to eat and are prob better for things like nightlife