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Interest rates will be lowered further, Turkey’s finance minister says
Business
July 30, 2019
Interest rates will be lowered further, Turkey’s finance minister says
Turkey will see a downward trend in interest rates in the coming days, the country’s finance and treasury minister said…
Turkey’s currency weakens after Erdoğan fires central bank governor
Business
July 10, 2019
Turkey’s currency weakens after Erdoğan fires central bank governor
Turkey’s lira weakened on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed the central bank governor, reigniting concerns about political interference…
Erdoğan says central bank governor fired for refusing to cut interest rates: report
Business
July 8, 2019
Erdoğan says central bank governor fired for refusing to cut interest rates: report
In a meeting with his party’s deputies Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he sacked the central bank governor for…
Turkey had censored more than 245,000 websites, URLs as of end-2018: report
Turkey
July 3, 2019
Turkey had censored more than 245,000 websites, URLs as of end-2018: report
As of the end of 2018, Turkish authorities had banned access to a total of 245,825 websites and URLs, with…
AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order
Turkey
March 27, 2019
AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order
Binali Yıldırım, the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) mayoral candidate for İstanbul, has said Syrians who have taken refuge in…
İstanbul’s new airport to become fully operational on April 7
Business
February 26, 2019
İstanbul’s new airport to become fully operational on April 7
İstanbul’s new airport, which aims to become one of the world’s busiest, will not become fully operational until April 7,…
4 journalists receive sentences of up to 9 years in prison
Media Freedom
February 20, 2018
4 journalists receive sentences of up to 9 years in prison
An Adana court has handed down prison sentences varying from seven years, six months to nine years to four journalists on…