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Turkey watchers puzzled on policy after central bank chief’s Q&A: report

Turkish Central Bank Governor Murat Çetinkaya set the Turkish lira wobbling with comments at a press briefing on Tuesday that a new round of monetary tightening may...

Erdoğan claims F-35 project will collapse without Turkey’s participation

President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that an F-35 fighter jet project without Turkish participation was bound to collapse and that it would be an injustice...

Turkey’s consumer confidence surges by 3.4 percent, signaling recovery from currency crisis

Turkey’s consumer confidence index rose by 3.4 percent in April, reaching 84.7 points, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said on Monday, signaling a recovery from a...

Turkey seeks to buy more Iraqi oil as US cancels waivers for Iran trade: report

Turkey is seeking ways to buy more oil from Iraq, already a major supplier of crude to the Middle East’s biggest economy, as the US looks...

Turkey’s military spending increased by 24 percent in 2018: international monitor

Military spending in Turkey increased by 24 percent in 2018 to $19 billion, the highest annual percentage increase among the world’s top 15 military spenders, according...

Man suspected of spying for UAE commits suicide in Turkish prison: authorities

A man held by Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates has committed suicide by hanging himself in prison, the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s...

Turkish refugees pushed back from Greek shore by unidentified masked men: report

A group of Turkish asylum seekers claimed that following an attempt to cross the Turkish border via the Evros River in northeastern Greece on Friday evening,...

Kurdish protesters rush Amnesty London office, demand statement on Öcalan’s ‘isolation’

Some 40 Kurdish protesters forced their way into Amnesty International’s International Secretariat in London on Friday night, insisting that the NGO release a statement about ongoing prison...

Erdoğan calls on EU to halt accession talks if Turkey unwanted in union

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once again claimed that Ankara had fulfilled all criteria for becoming a member of the European Union and urged Brussels to halt...

International community should condemn Erdoğan’s remarks, Armenia says

Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday called on the international community to strongly condemn Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s comments on the Armenian genocide. “Armenia urges the international...

Operation in Syria’s Idlib province on table but not practical right now: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he was not ruling out Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, launching a full-scale assault on militants in...

Turkey indicts third US Consulate employee in İstanbul on terrorism charges

Turkey has indicted a third US Consulate employee and his wife and daughter on charges of membership of a terrorist group, according to a copy of...

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