Economics and the life One of the big economic news of the previous day was the rising in the exchange rate of the dollar. 1 USD is over 5 Turkish liras now. In others words, 1 TL is 0,19 USD. Euro and sterling exchange rates are even worse, I am not willing to say. Due to there is an astronomical gap between the ration of imports and exports in Turkey, the increase in foreign exchange makes every single citizen poorer day by day. It affects all the people in various kinds of areas and products as; technology, food supply, education, medicine etc. For me, this last increment has impacts on my two overseas trip plans. I was planning to visit Barcelona in September, and London during Chrismas. It seems my plans have already fallen through [OR: any better alternative?]. It would be my second visiting London but I was going to be in Barcelona for the first time and I was really excited about it. I am hoping to see better days in which I can make life plans without huge economic concerns.