epa08614559 Men check rates on a board of a currency exchange office at the historical Grand Bazaar, in Istanbul, Turkey, 17 August 2020 (issued 20 August 2020). The Turkish lira hit its weakest level against the US dollar on 18 August, trading at 7.40 at one point and losing nearly 20 percent of its value since the beginning of the year. US investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates that Turkey spent about 65 billion US dollars of its central bank foreign currency reserves in June and July in efforts to keep the currency stable. Due to the COVID-19 spread, Turkish unemployment is at the highest level for the last decade as the economy is expected to shrink by an estimated 4 percent in 2020. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA