Today's Zaman | Turkey's Trade Deficit Narrows in June Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Turkey's trade deficit shrunk less than forecast in June, when an Islamist insurgency in Iraq hit sales to the second-largest market for Turkish goods, threatening Ankara's efforts to rebalance its $820 billion economy by boosting exports ... Neighboring crisis hammers Turkey's exports Sales to Iraq at 34-month low as ISIL's advance hits trade Turkey's steel export value down 8.9 percent in H1 |
BBC News | Turkey launches high-speed Istanbul-Ankara rail link BBC News Turkey has inaugurated a high-speed rail link between Istanbul and Ankara, slashing by half the seven-hour journey time between the two cities. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled aboard the first train in the service from Ankara, stopping at ... Turkey Can Teach Israel How to End Terror Government pledges to take care of Jewish community in Turkey After his Gaza comments, US Jews demand Turkey's Erdogan return award |
CNN | Opinion: Striving for 'sameness' Turkey stifles progress CNN (CNN) -- I spent part of my childhood in Ankara, Turkey, and part of it in Madrid, Spain. The school I attended in Ankara was a local building where they strictly followed the Turkish curriculum. My classroom oversaw a large courtyard, which we couldn ... |
Daily Mail | Former Chelsea footballer dies after plunging from third floor balcony of ... Daily Mail A former Chelsea footballer has died on the last day of a luxury holiday in Turkey. Jordan Tabor, 23, from Oxford, plunged to his death from a third floor balcony and died on the hotel patio where his lifeless body lay undiscovered for several hours ... Former Chelsea youth player Jordan Tabor dies after 'falling from hotel ... Stars pay tribute to ex-Chelsea youth player Jordan Tabor who died on holiday ... Former Chelsea youth player Jordan Tabor dies after falling from hotel balcony ... |
Rudaw | Prime Minister Barzani Welcomes Revival of Peace Talks in Turkey Rudaw ... Kurdistan Region—The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani welcomed a resolution passed by the Turkish parliament on Thursday aimed at reviving the peace talks and finding a peaceful solution for the Kurdish question in Turkey, ... Lessons Israel can take from Turkey A conversation with Barzani's aide |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The seesawing relations between the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) demonstrate how ideological linkages can clash with geopolitical priorities in an unstable neighborhood. Between 2007 ... |
Bloomberg | Kerry Wrestles With Egypt and Turkey, Because Gaza Isn't Tough Enough Bloomberg Israel, looking to its traditional partner Egypt, rejects mediation by Qatar and Turkey, particularly after Erdogan said Israel's “barbarism has surpassed even Hitler's,” according to an Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to ... Turkey can help Gaza by not exploiting its tragedy Why Qatar and Turkey Can't Solve the Crisis in Gaza US Jewish group wants its award back from Turkey's Erdogan |
Turkey's Culture Wars New York Times It's not the first time billboards with models have sparked controversy in Turkey. In 2007, the leading swimwear manufacturers complained that they were not allowed to hang billboards with female models in municipalities ruled by the Justice and ... |
Reporter's notebook: Israelis stranded in Turkey Jerusalem Post Turkey will not let El Al, Israel's national airline, land at its airports to airlift out its citizens. Turkish Airlines. A Turkish Airlines plane. Photo: REUTERS. ISTANBUL -- Israelis yelled at Turks in Ataturk airport today, after the US Federal ... |
The Daily Star | Turkey FM meets Hamas chief in Doha for Gaza talks The Daily Star ANKARA: Turkey's foreign minister on Friday met Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in the Qatari capital Doha to help efforts to broker a ceasefire with Israel, a government official said. Ahmet Davutoglu met Meshaal in Doha for "negotiations aimed at a fair ... Davutoğlu: Turkey may evacuate embassy in Libya amid fighting Turkey says suspends operations in Libya embassy due to security woes Turkey may close embassy in Tripoli: Davutoğlu |