Is the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) preparing for an early election? Had it not been for Hürriyet newspaper’s pro-government columnist Abdülkadir Selvi’s insight from AKP rooms, I would have thought that the rumor was circulated to spark speculation move in the stock market. However, after notorious mafia figure Sedat Peker publicized yet another
“China is a great, powerful state,” emphasizes China’s Ankara Embassy Charge d’affaires Cheng Weihua – 程卫华. “How can smaller, weaker countries endure if we don’t object to the United States ignoring us meddling in our internal affairs? The world would become ruled by chaos then,” he added. These words are a sign of how the
Turkey’s Finance and Treasury Minister Nureddin Nebati told industrialist and business circles on Aug. 26 that “there is no point concerning” about US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury’s warning which stated that pursuing business with sanctioned Russians will also cause secondary sanctions. “There is no point the letter that is conveyed to the Turkish business
Turkish pop singer arrested after being taken into custody over her words on religious vocational schools on stage on charge of “inciting the people to hatred and hostility”. Singer Gülşen Bayraktar Çobanoğlu, a.k.a Gülşen, was detained on Aug. 25 within the scope of the investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on the
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Ankara’s determination to follow a cross-border military operation into Syria, following statements from Russian, Iranian and American officials against it. “I declare to the whole world that our struggle will not end until we secure our southern borders with a 30 km deep corridor from one end to the
Greek jets harassed Turkish F-16 aircraft, which were on NATO mission in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 23. Turkey reported the incident to the NATO authorities and the military attaché of Greece was summoned to the Ministry of National Defence. According to the report, Turkish F-16 planes were harassed by
Turkey’s populist-driven foreign policies are coming back to bite us and Erdoğan’s government is unable to formulate solutions for the impasse they themselves created. This reality is especially urgent in Syria. Elections are coming up and one of the bigger determinants for voters is the economic and sociological costs of hosting 3.5 million Syrian refugees.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Monetary Policy Committee (PPK) convened on August 18 and lowered the policy rate by 100 basis points from 14 percent to 13 percent. This interest rate cut was a big surprise even for us who are skeptical of various ongoing incredible things in our beautiful country.
The Central Bank of the Turkish Republic (CBRT) lowered the policy rate from 14 percent to 13 percent amid surging inflation and currency crisis. The CBRT decided to lower the long been steady 14 percent policy interest rate to 13 percent after the Monetary Policy Board meeting on Aug. 18. “The Board evaluated that the
Wasn’t it the the economic crisis that forced President Tayyip Erdogan to make peace with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom he had declared the murderer of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul? Wasn’t it the economic crisis that forced President Erdogan to make peace with the President of the United Arab
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