Turks smashed their iPhones in protest of US sanctions and their plummeting currency

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• Several Turks on social media protested US sanctions and the country’s plunging currency by smashing their iPhones and chopping up US dollars. 
• The trend appears to have started on Wednesday, after a video of a man obliterating five iPhones with a sledgehammer went viral.
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the boycott of US electronics, including the iPhone, on Tuesday.
• This week, the Turkish lira saw a dramatic drop but bounced back on Wednesday.

Several Turks on social media protested US sanctions and the country’s plunging currency by smashing their iPhones and cutting up US dollars. 

The trend appears to have begun on Wednesday, after a video of a man obliterating five iPhones with a sledgehammer went viral.

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