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Madness on the Bosphorus - The Economist Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:15:19 GMT

Madness on the Bosphorus
The Economist
He says their plans to destroy his government and Turkey are being carried out by disciples of his former ally and “bogus prophet”, Fethullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based Sunni Muslim cleric, who are embedded in the judiciary and the police. But to many ...

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Emerging markets beyond Turkey face stormy skies - Financial Times Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:51:16 GMT

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Emerging markets beyond Turkey face stormy skies
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The decision late on Tuesday night by the Central Bank of Turkey to increase interest rates substantially has taken many observers by surprise. Yet there was no other way to stem the decline in the currency and alleviate the threat of a damaging exodus ...
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The Limits Of Turkey's Interest Rate Hike - Forbes Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:33:13 GMT

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The Limits Of Turkey's Interest Rate Hike
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With a dramatic hike in Turkey's overnight lending rate from 7.75 to 12.5 percent announced on Jan. 28, Turkish Central Bank Governor Erdem Basci followed through on his earlier promise to use interest rates as a weapon to defend Turkey's currency, the ...
Investors left guessing as Turkey rules out capital controlsReuters
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Turkey Crisis Puts Jailed Millionaire at Heart of Gold-Smuggling Ring - Bloomberg Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:30:49 GMT

Turkey Crisis Puts Jailed Millionaire at Heart of Gold-Smuggling Ring
Bloomberg
To catch a glimpse of the former life of Riza Sarraf, flip through the celebrity columns of Turkey's newspapers. Here he is, as a fluttering tarpaulin reveals a $72 million villa on Istanbul's waterfront, a present for his pop-star wife, Ebru Gundes ...

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On climate change, Turkey, housing, hospices, Asia, sex and public life ... - The Economist Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:30:19 GMT

On climate change, Turkey, housing, hospices, Asia, sex and public life ...
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SIR – Is Cyprus being “obdurate” in its relations with Turkey, as Charlemagne claims (January 18th), because it expects Turkey to honour the solemn commitments it undertook in 2005 to open accession negotiations with the European Union? Indeed, “a more ...


Turkey faces tough economic adjustments - Financial Times Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:06:48 GMT

Turkey faces tough economic adjustments
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish prime minister. As the market storm that followed Turkey's interest rate increase subsided on Wednesday, the country was left facing much higher rates than before, a still vulnerable currency and difficult economic ...


Turkey's Economy and Erdogan's Shame - Bloomberg Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:37:41 GMT

Turkey's Economy and Erdogan's Shame
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“Dramatic” is not an adjective often associated with central banking. Yet it is the only word to use for what happened last night in Turkey. At an emergency midnight session, the country's central bank more than doubled its main weekly repurchasing ...


Turkey raises rates to halt lira's slide - Financial Times Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:47:16 GMT

Turkey raises rates to halt lira's slide
Financial Times
Turkey's central bank's moved aggressively on Tuesday to increase interest rates to tackle rising inflation and a sharp fall in the value of the lira. Despite warnings from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister, that he would hold the central bank to ...


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
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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 ...
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Turkey Raises Rates Sharply to Bolster Currency - Wall Street Journal Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:42:16 GMT

Turkey Raises Rates Sharply to Bolster Currency
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ISTANBUL—Turkey's central bank on Tuesday unveiled a series of aggressive interest rate increases, far exceeding market expectations and sending the lira roaring back after an extraordinary policy meeting billed as a test case for under-pressure ...