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ErdoÄŸan urges central bank to continue interest rate cuts: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan urged the central bank on Tuesday to continue slashing interest rates, after it already cut them by 1,000 points since July,...

Turkish, Qatari central banks raise swap agreement limit to $5 billion: report

The overall limit of a swap agreement between the Turkish and Qatari central banks has been increased to a $5 billion equivalent of lira and riyal,...

Mnuchin met with ErdoÄŸan, top Turkish officials amid Halkbank probe

US Treasury officials have confirmed that Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin recently attended a White House lunch with Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, the Courthouse News Service...

Turkish parliament passes legislation hiking income tax rate for high earners: report

Turkey’s parliament late on Thursday passed new laws on tax regulation including higher rates for high earners and hotel accommodation, and new taxes on digital services, Reuters...

OECD revises 2019 Turkey GDP forecast from contraction to growth

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday revised its 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) predictions for the Turkish economy, anticipating 0.3 percent growth instead...

Turkey’s consumer confidence index moves up in November

Turkey’s consumer confidence index has risen to 59.9 points in November, the Diken news website reported on Thursday, citing a release by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)...

Turkey’s Halkbank seeks to challenge US jurisdiction before entering plea to charges: report

Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, which US prosecutors have criminally charged with helping Iran evade sanctions, said it should be able to challenge whether US courts...

Turkey’s central bank tops list of corporate taxpayers in 2018: report

The Turkish Central Bank topped the list of leading corporate taxpayers in 2018 according to the Turkish presidency, with Rahmi Koç, the honorary chairman of Koç...

Turkey’s Erdoğan pledges more interest rate cuts next year

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged that the country’s interest rates would see a deeper cut in 2020, calling on businessmen around the world to invest...

German police bust illegal money transfer scheme sending millions of euros to Turkey

German authorities carried out a raid on an organized international network allegedly engaged in illegally transferring millions of euros to Turkey in a series of early...

1.2 million people in Turkey face property seizure for unpaid bank loans

More than 1.2 million people in Turkey have been the subject property seizure due to unpaid bank loans in the last 11 months, according to...

Turkey’s SunExpress to buy 10 more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft: report

Turkey’s SunExpress announced on Monday it is buying an additional 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, on top of 32 already ordered, endorsing the US plane...

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