NEWS.com.au | Syrian rebels seize border crossing with Turkey San Jose Mercury News AKCAKALE, Turkey—Syrian rebels seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey on Wednesday, ripping down the Syrian flag as the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad expand their control of the country's north. Assad ... Syria Crisis: Rebels Take Border Crossing To Turkey |
Haaretz | Turkey Rocked by Wave of Attacks as Syria Fallout Emboldens PKK Businessweek Turkey's fraying ties with Syria, Iran and Iraq, neighbors with their own Kurdish minorities that have collaborated against the PKK, offers new openings for the group. Erdogan, who had vowed to end the Kurdish conflict, now risks presiding over an ... Kurdish violence undermines Turkey's stance on Syria Turkish PM: Israel sent 'the world's richest Jew' to broker a deal with Turkey Turkish Public Sours on Syrian Uprising |
KCRG | Judge: Texas firm must pay disabled workers at Iowa turkey plant $1.4 million ... Washington Post IOWA CITY, Iowa — A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the men $1.37 million in back wages, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday. The judgment ... Company found guilty of substandard wages to intellectually disabled employees |
Turkey: Facing a soft landing or serious turbulence? CNN Turkey's central bank moved to support growth with a larger than expected 1.5% cut in the main interest rate Wednesday, pushing it down to 10%. Now that the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan have provided more ... |
euronews | Kurdish militants kill 10 Turkish troops in convoy raid Chicago Tribune DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants killed 10 soldiers and wounded at least 60 when they fired rockets at a military convoy in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, security sources said. The past few months have seen some of the heaviest fighting ... Report says Turkey's Kurdish conflict has turned more violent Kurdish rebels attack military convoy in southeast Turkey; 10 killed, 70 wounded Turkey: 8 Police Killed in Landmine Blast |
Turkey's High Yields Tempt Investors Wall Street Journal (blog) While fighting inflation and supporting the currency have been at the forefront of the Ankara-based lender's monetary policies, the central bank is becoming increasingly concerned about Turkey's slowing economy and bowing to government demands to ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | MIDEAST DEBT-Turkey embraces Islamic finance with sovereign sukuk Reuters ISTANBUL/DUBAI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's issue of its first sovereign sukuk this week paves the way for Turkish companies to raise money through Islamic bonds, and may help the country become a major market for Islamic investors from the Gulf and ... Turkey hopes new sukuk will become benchmark Turkey on track with political, economic reforms, says Babacan Muhyiddin receives courtesy call from Turkey counterpart |
Voice of America | Phone Hotline in Turkey Helps Victims of Police Violence Voice of America ISTANBUL, TURKEY — While most countries in the world have a telephone number to call police in an emergency, an emergency telephone line has been launched in Istanbul for victims of police violence. The European Union had praised Turkey's ... |
The Daily Star | Turkey Says Syrian Missile Brought Down Turkish Warplane Businessweek A Syrian missile downed a Turkish military jet in June after it exploded near the aircraft and the pilots lost control, army prosecutors said according to the Anatolia news agency. The incident caused the plane to crash and occurred in international ... Syria rebels grab new crossing on Turkey border Turkey finds jet downed by Syria in international airspace Report: Syria aimed at Turkish jet with missile |
Turkey's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: More Than Just Start-Ups Forbes ISTANBUL, TURKEY — As if you needed to be convinced that Istanbul is one of the world's hottest technology start-up scenes, New York private equity firm, General Atlantic, announced on Monday a $44 million stake in Turkish on-line food order platform, ... |