The Turkish lira is rebounding after Qatar pledged US$15 billion in investments to help Turkey’s economy The currency strengthened some 3 percent against the dollar on Aug. 16, trading at around 5.75 per dollar, hours [ More … ]
The US has condemned a decision by Turkey to increase tariffs on American cars, alcohol and tobacco imports, calling the move, step in the wrong direction. Turkey took the action in response to what it [ More … ]
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and sanctions policies, saying such measures were destroying jobs and growth and that Europe would not bow to U.S. pressure regarding Iran. [ More … ]
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly spoken of this possibility, subject to study, calculations, says Kremlin spokesman Russia is aiming towards using national currencies in trade with Turkey, instead of dollars or euros, said a Kremlin spokesman [ More … ]
The threatening language of the United States will not benefit anyone, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as relations between the NATO allies soured over the case of a U.S. pastor jailed in Turkey [ More … ]
Ankara says comments made by the ambassadors of Egypt and Israel to Cyprus indicating readiness for a military showdown with Turkey over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean are “out of place.” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry [ More … ]
Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak says effective Central Bank is among main policy targets of new era. The operational range of the Turkish Central Bank will be expanded through strengthening policy synchronization and unclogging [ More … ]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unveiled the new cabinet under the new presidential system, saying the governance system will make the executive branch more efficient. Erdoğan announced new Vice President as Fuat Oktay. Here’s the full [ More … ]
Turkey will sell four corvette ships to Pakistan’s navy, Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu agency on Thursday. Turkey said last year it signed a memorandum of understanding for the [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Russia, Iran and the United States have a responsibility in the violations of the ceasefire in Syria’s Deraa. “Syria regime guarantor countries are Iran and Russia, opposition’s guarantor country [ More … ]
By: Nagehan Alci* Turkey has entered a new period of five years with the presidential and parliamentary elections held on June 24. During this period, a new system will come into effect, in which the [ More … ]
Erdoğan and the AK Party are heading for victory in the presidential and parliamentary elections, according to unofficial data Unofficial results from Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections show incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his [ More … ]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cast his vote on Sunday in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Erdoğan voted at the Saffet Çebi Middle School in Istanbul’s Üsküdar at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time. He was accompanied [ More … ]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Sunday that no discrepancies were reported during the elections so far. The delegation started its on-site observation in Lieutenant Kalmaz Primary School in capital [ More … ]
Ankara says it will continue to target the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq until all threats posed by the terrorist group are eliminated Turkey’s objective to drain the PKK terror swamp in Qandil mountains in [ More … ]
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