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Hollande cautiously backs Turkey's EU bid - Aljazeera.com Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:10:47 GMT

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Hollande cautiously backs Turkey's EU bid
Aljazeera.com
French President Francois Hollande has cautiously backed Turkey's aim to join the European Union despite its recent crackdown on police and judiciary and earlier French reservations about the idea. But the trip, the first by a French head of state to ...
Hollande's Turkey Visit Hints at Warming TiesVoice of America
POLITICS > French president pays historic visit to Turkey after 22 yearsHurriyet Daily News
Hollande visit aims to repair rocky relations with Turkey.euronews
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Turkey turmoil prompts central bank meeting - CNN Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:44:42 GMT

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Turkey turmoil prompts central bank meeting
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Turkey's central bank will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday in an effort to halt the lira's steep decline as the sell-off sweeping emerging markets deepens. The news helped the currency find firmer footing against the U.S. dollar Monday, but not ...
Turkey's central bank calls emergency meeting over lira plungeBBC News
Turkey's Central Bank Calls Emergency MeetingABC News
Turkey's Crisis Is More Than Just PoliticsBusiness Insider
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Turkey's Wrong Turn - New York Times Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:31:36 GMT

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Turkey's Wrong Turn
New York Times
The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was in Brussels last week seeking to repair relations with Europe, but the first place to look for a solution is within himself for the political disaster he has created at home. Once hailed as the ...
Analysis: Power of Turkey's Fethullah GulenBBC News
Turkey loses cachet as emerging marketAl-Monitor
Turkey: The Fakir vs. the PharoahThe New York Review of Books (blog)
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Turkey Seeks to Avert Financial Crisis - Wall Street Journal Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:21:06 GMT

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Turkey Seeks to Avert Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal
Turkey's central bank—beset by political instability, tumbling confidence and one of the world's fastest falling currencies—said that it will convene an emergency meeting Tuesday, a move that could test whether once-golden emerging markets can avert ...
Asian shares pinned at five-month lows, Turkey in spotlightReuters
US Market Slump Easing; Europe and Asia Still SlidingNew York Times
Overseas worries hamper US stock marketsColorado Springs Gazette
National Review Online (blog)
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#AKPgate in context: Tayyip Erdoğan and the 'parallel state' in Turkey - RT (blog) Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:11:32 GMT

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#AKPgate in context: Tayyip Erdoğan and the 'parallel state' in Turkey
RT (blog)
Turkey's current government, led by the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has been steering the state's ship for over a decade now. Headed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the AKP is the last surviving active part of Necmettin Erbakan's Refah Partisi (RP), ...
US 'not interested' in using Gulen against Turkey, former envoy saysFRANCE 24
Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophetsHurriyet Daily News
Islamic scholar Gülen says Turkey's graft scandal can't be covered upCihan News Agency

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Turkey's Fethullah Gulen denies corruption probe links - BBC News Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:17:43 GMT

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Turkey's Fethullah Gulen denies corruption probe links
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Mr Gulen heads the Hizmet movement. Hizmet, which means "service", promotes a tolerant form of Islam, emphasising education, altruism and hard work and attracts millions of followers, extending its influence far beyond Turkey. Continue reading the main ...

Turkey Internet activists warn the government 'cannot stop us' - Deutsche Welle Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:49:17 GMT

Turkey Internet activists warn the government 'cannot stop us'
Deutsche Welle
Turkey's largest city Istanbul has again seen riot police clash with protestors. This month the protesters have been demonstrating against government legislation that's going through parliament to tighten state control over the Internet. Turkey has ...

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Turkey Stems Emerging-Markets Slide - Wall Street Journal Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:25:08 GMT

Turkey Stems Emerging-Markets Slide
Wall Street Journal
Turkey's central bank said it would hold an extraordinary interest rate-setting meeting late Tuesday, jolting the lira sharply higher after yet another record-breaking slide and bringing a pause to selloffs in other struggling markets. Markets opened ...

Turkey's Midnight Mystery - Wall Street Journal (blog) Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:42:55 GMT

Turkey's Midnight Mystery
Wall Street Journal (blog)
More substantive tightening may ultimately be necessary given Turkey's large external imbalances, high and accelerating inflation and the CBRT's weak inflation credentials. Here, consistency and credibility of the CBRT's policy decision will be crucial.

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Reclusive cleric denies using influence in Turkey - BBC News Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:04:50 GMT

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Reclusive cleric denies using influence in Turkey
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... Tim Franks from self-imposed exile in the United States in his first broadcast interview in 16 years. He was responding to allegations that he had ordered his followers holding senior positions in Turkey's police and judiciary to launch those ...