Turkish leader talks big, but can be pragmatic in crises
(WorldNews Business)

ISTANBUL (AP) - The man at the center of Turkey`s currency crisis and feud with the United States - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - is unleashing the same combative rhetoric that powered him through other grave challenges in his 16 years as the increasingly authoritarian leader of a key NATO ally. But Erdogan is also a pragmatist who badly needs a way out of a standoff that threatens his outsized ambitions for the once-thriving Turkish economy. The interplay between Erdogan`s two sides could determine how a country that strategically spans the Asian and European continents, and shelters several million Syrian refugees in a deal with the European Union, will handle a cascade of problems:...