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

FrontPage Magazine

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 ...
Turkey purges hundreds more police over graft probe, media reportsReuters
An Iranian lesson for TurkeyJerusalem Post
Hollande visit lost in Turkey's political muddleAl-Monitor
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Turkey's once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned - Fox News Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:13:40 GMT

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Turkey's once-worldly aims falter, even close allies concerned
Fox News
From a political perspective, defending Turkey's blend of political Islam and neoliberal economic policies was not terribly difficult a decade ago. After all, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan helped build the 17th largest economy in the world and ...
Turkey-Iran relations improvingPress TV

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Madness on the Bosphorus - The Economist Thu, 30 Jan 2014 18:15:04 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

Financial Post

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
Krugman: Turkey's economic woes reflects global problemHouston Chronicle
Krugman: Is the next global financial crisis on its way?Salon

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​Keep on truckin': Turkey and Al Qaeda in Syria - RT (blog) Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:34:54 GMT

RT (blog)

​Keep on truckin': Turkey and Al Qaeda in Syria
RT (blog)
In view of Turkey's possible meddling in the “civil” war in neighboring Syria, news about a Turkish truck headed for the Syrian border appears rather uncomfortable for the ruling government in Ankara, already in the throes of a corruption scandal. In ...
Turkey wakes up to blowback threat from Al Qaeda-linked fighters in SyriaYahoo News
Al-Qaeda the biggest threat to Turkey and Syrian oppositionwww.worldbulletin.net
US, Turkey realizes al-Qaeda threat in Syria – a bit lateHurriyet Daily News

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Ferry crashes onto shore in Turkey - Telegraph.co.uk Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:52:35 GMT

Plymouth Herald

Ferry crashes onto shore in Turkey
Telegraph.co.uk
... between Dover and Calais for 22 years. It was then renamed Ostend Spirit and operated for another two years, travelling to and from Belgium. It was a dramatic end for the ferry, which finished its 24 years of service at a ship yard in Aliaga ...
Dramatic crash footage: Ferry crashes onto shore in TurkeyITN

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The Limits Of Turkey's Interest Rate Hike - Forbes Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:33:13 GMT

Forbes

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, South Africa hike rates to stabilize currencyUSA TODAY
Turkey: What's going on and why you should careCNBC.com
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Propane Shortage Also Impacting Turkey Farms - CBS Local Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:14:21 GMT

Propane Shortage Also Impacting Turkey Farms
CBS Local
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The winter's propane shortage isn't just affecting homeowners. Animals are being impacted, too. Minnesota is the No. 1 turkey producer in the nation. And every winter, turkey farmers go through thousands of gallons of propane to ...

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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
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Record Cash Leaves Emerging Market ETFs on Lira DropBloomberg
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Turkey Rate Increase Stems Lira Decline as Basci Defies Erdogan - Bloomberg Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:31:33 GMT

Bloomberg

Turkey Rate Increase Stems Lira Decline as Basci Defies Erdogan
Bloomberg
“The immediate knee-jerk reaction last night was that the Central Bank of Turkey had in some sense passed an important test,” David Simmonds, the head of currency and emerging-markets strategy at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in London, said in an ...