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Fitch downgrades 12 foreign owned, 2 state banks’ ratings: statement
Business
July 20, 2019
Fitch downgrades 12 foreign owned, 2 state banks’ ratings: statement
New York-based Fitch Ratings, one of the big three credit ratings agencies, has downgraded the support-driven Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer…
Kavala reveals investigation into his alleged role in 2016 coup attempt
Turkey
July 18, 2019
Kavala reveals investigation into his alleged role in 2016 coup attempt
Jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala has said he could spend more time in court since an investigation has been…
46 purge victims have died by suicide since state of emergency declared: report
Turkey
July 18, 2019
46 purge victims have died by suicide since state of emergency declared: report
Forty-six victims of Turkey’s massive post-coup purge of state institutions have committed suicide, according to a report drafted by an…
Reuters poll expects 1.5 pct contraction by yearend for Turkish economy
World
July 18, 2019
Reuters poll expects 1.5 pct contraction by yearend for Turkish economy
Turkey’s economy is expected to shrink 1.5 percent by yearend for the first time in a decade and to see…
Survey shows 66 percent of Turkish students do not understand what they read
Turkey
July 18, 2019
Survey shows 66 percent of Turkish students do not understand what they read
Sixty-six percent of Turkish students scored “mediocre” or below in reading comprehension in a nationwide survey conducted by Turkey’s Ministry…
Man claims he cut throat of military cadet on Bosporus Bridge during coup attempt
Turkey
July 17, 2019
Man claims he cut throat of military cadet on Bosporus Bridge during coup attempt
The sister of a military cadet who was killed on the Bosporus Bridge on the night of a failed coup…
Court refuses to release mother from jail despite baby’s growing tumor
Turkey
July 17, 2019
Court refuses to release mother from jail despite baby’s growing tumor
A Turkish court has refused to release a young mother who is in prison with her one-and-a-half-year-old baby in southeastern…
Kurdish politician faces investigation for wearing jersey with word ‘Kurdistan’
Turkey
July 17, 2019
Kurdish politician faces investigation for wearing jersey with word ‘Kurdistan’
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a local politician from the ranks of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on…
Tunceli mourns death of 2 Kurdish children in explosion
Turkey
July 17, 2019
Tunceli mourns death of 2 Kurdish children in explosion
Two Kurdish children from the same family lost their lives in an explosion in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli…
No need to take EU steps against Turkey seriously: foreign minister
World
July 17, 2019
No need to take EU steps against Turkey seriously: foreign minister
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu said on Tuesday there is no need to take seriously decisions made by the European…