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Gov’t-appointed trustee dissolves HDP-majority Van City Council
Turkey
August 21, 2019
Gov’t-appointed trustee dissolves HDP-majority Van City Council
Mehmet Emin Bilmez, appointed by Turkey’s Interior Ministry as a trustee in place of the mayor of Van, who was…
Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation
Turkey
August 21, 2019
Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation
Ayhan Bilgen, the co-mayor of Kars from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), announced on Tuesday that he had been…
Turkish bank halts services to Venezuela in wake of US sanctions: report
World
August 17, 2019
Turkish bank halts services to Venezuela in wake of US sanctions: report
Ziraat Bank, Turkey’s largest bank by assets, has stopped offering services to Venezuela’s central bank in the wake of tougher…
Only modest recovery expected in Turkey’s economy for 2019: report
Business
August 13, 2019
Only modest recovery expected in Turkey’s economy for 2019: report
Turkey’s economy, which suffered a currency crisis last year, is still in the doldrums and only a modest recovery is…
US delegation to coordinate planned Syria safe zone arrives in Turkey
World
August 12, 2019
US delegation to coordinate planned Syria safe zone arrives in Turkey
A US delegation has arrived in Turkey’s southern province of Şanlıurfa to start work on the establishment of a joint…
Turkish lira leads emerging market currencies lower
World
August 12, 2019
Turkish lira leads emerging market currencies lower
Turkey’s lira fell, leading a decline in major emerging market currencies, as investors sold the assets on concern for the…
Turkey, Iran restart train service between capital cities
World
August 12, 2019
Turkey, Iran restart train service between capital cities
Turkey and Iran will restart a train service between Ankara and Tehran this week, left-wing news website Haber Sol reported…
Turkey’s central bank reduces yearend inflation expectation
Business
August 10, 2019
Turkey’s central bank reduces yearend inflation expectation
The Turkish Central Bank has decreased its forecast for yearend inflation from 15.01 percent to 14.42 percent while increasing its…
Calling 2016 coup attempt a ‘scenario’ is not a crime, top Turkish court rules
Turkey
August 10, 2019
Calling 2016 coup attempt a ‘scenario’ is not a crime, top Turkish court rules
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that acquitted a defendant who described a failed coup…
4 political parties in Turkish parliament call for extradition of Gülen from US
Turkey
August 10, 2019
4 political parties in Turkish parliament call for extradition of Gülen from US
Four political parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint statement on Friday calling for the extradition from the US…