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A Leader Shows Vulnerability in Turkey's Cash Crisis - New York Times Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:48:10 GMT

A Leader Shows Vulnerability in Turkey's Cash Crisis
New York Times
ISTANBUL — First, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the bold move by Turkey's central bank this week to raise interest rates sharply to halt the decline in the country's currency, telling reporters that higher borrowing costs would lead ...

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Madness on the Bosphorus - The Economist Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:47:04 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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Talking Troubled Turkey - New York Times Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:42:18 GMT

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Talking Troubled Turkey
New York Times
O.K., who ordered that? With everything else going on, the last thing we needed was a new economic crisis in a country already racked by political turmoil. True, the direct global spillovers from Turkey, with its Los Angeles-sized economy, won't be large.
OPINION: A Turkey that is in fact a canary for the Middle EastCourier Mail
After rate hike, relief turns to anxiety for Turkey's SMEsCihan News Agency

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

Emerging markets beyond Turkey face stormy skies
Financial Times
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 ...
Turkey? Argentina? Save your worry for ChinaThe Globe and Mail
Investing In Mexico Is Not Like Investing In TurkeyNASDAQ
Central bank action alone may not be enough to heal India, TurkeySydney Morning Herald

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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
Forbes
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
Turkey Rate Increase Stems Lira Decline as Basci Defies ErdoganBloomberg
Turkey's Central Bank Aggressively Raises RatesNew York Times
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Hollande visit lost in Turkey's political muddle - Al-Monitor Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:42:28 GMT

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Hollande visit lost in Turkey's political muddle
Al-Monitor
Turkey's incredibly loaded agenda and hard-to-close rifts with France did not allow relations to develop during Hollande's stay. His joint press conference Jan. 27 with President Abdullah Gul and his contacts the next day in Istanbul signaled that the ...
Turkey purges hundreds more police over graft probe, media reportsReuters
Economic Turbulence Chips at Support for Turkish PremierWall Street Journal
Turkey Political Warfare Continues, New Purge Sees 800 Turkish Police Officers ...TheTower.org
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Turkey wakes up to blowback threat from Al Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria - Christian Science Monitor Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:11:28 GMT

Christian Science Monitor
Turkey wakes up to blowback threat from Al Qaeda-linked fighters in Syria
Christian Science Monitor
Turkey fired tank and artillery shells on a convoy of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), destroying a bus and two trucks, in response to small-arms fire on a Turkish border post on Tuesday, according to state-run Anadolu news agency ...
Israeli Intel Chief: New Al Qaeda bases in Turkey provide easy jihadist access ...DEBKA file
Israeli general says al Qaeda's Syria fighters set up in TurkeyReuters
Jihadists train in Turkey to attack WestThe Australian
World Tribune -Al-Arabiya
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White Turkey for White Turks - Hurriyet Daily News Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:07:13 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News
White Turkey for White Turks
Hurriyet Daily News
I'm so tired of how we are governed, the people who rule us, the inferiority and the nonstop pathetic nonsense all around us that I want to start a dream country. It will be called White Turkey… (Like Belarus that used to be called White Russia.) This ...

How Does Turkey Look From the US? - Huffington Post Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:00:41 GMT

How Does Turkey Look From the US?
Huffington Post
"What does Turkey look like from abroad?" is the most common question I've been hearing recently when I contact someone in Turkey. What can I say? Since last May, Turkey's image in the U.S. has noticeably been going somewhere we don't want to know.
No US interference in Turkey's internal affairs, says White House officialCihan News Agency

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Turkey's lira eases to levels before rate hike - Reuters Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:12:08 GMT

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Turkey's lira eases to levels before rate hike
Reuters
The central bank raised interest rates by around 500 basis points at an emergency meeting on Tuesday despite government's opposition, stunning markets and causing a spike in the battered currency. Turkey's lira was trading at 2.2725 against the dollar ...
Turkey's rate hikes threaten growth: Moody'sMarketWatch
Turkey's rate hike increases concern over financial stabilityAl-Monitor

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