Los Angeles Times | Responding to Trump, Turkey says it will open an embassy in East Jerusalem — in support of Palestinians Los Angeles Times Escalating the chorus of global condemnation of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Turkish government announced Friday it would open an embassy in East Jerusalem — in support of Palestinians. At the end of a special ... The Latest: Turkey suggests opening embassy to Palestine Turkey, Lebanon eye embassies to Palestine in East Jerusalem Lebanon and Turkey to Build Palestine Embassy in Jerusalem? |
The Economist (blog) | Why Turkey and Greece cannot reconcile - The Economist explains The Economist (blog) LAST week Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the first trip by a Turkish president to Greece in over six decades. Mr Erdogan called on his Greek counterpart, Prokopis Pavlopoulos; the prime minister, Alexis Tsipras; and representatives of the country's 130000 ... Stranded migrants rescued from rocks off Turkey in dramatic operation Turkey rescues at least 68 migrants stranded in Aegean Sea Turkey rescues dozens of migrants from Aegean rocks |
Financial Times | Turkey's currency and bonds hit after modest rate rise Financial Times Turkey's currency and bonds took a hit on Thursday after the central bank failed to deliver on what many investors believed was a widely signalled intention to raise interest rates aggressively to bring inflation and the currency under control. The ... Turkey Raises Key Interest Rate by Less than Expected Amid Political Pressure Why Turkey's Central Bank Might Vex Erdogan Again: QuickTake Q&A |
The Guardian | Socceroos field widens with Tony Popovic facing the sack in Turkey The Guardian Following Postecoglou's decision to quit, FFA appointed a nine-person panel to select a successor to take the Socceroos to the World Cup finals in Russia next year. It aims to announce the successful candidate by February. Should Popovic's departure ... |
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle | State may expand turkey hunting The Bozeman Daily Chronicle The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week gave initial approval to a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks proposal to end the limited permit system for turkey hunting in the southwestern part of the state and move to a general license opportunity ... |
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) | Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of December 11, 2017 CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) An Istanbul court on December 8 ordered three employees from the advertisement department of the now shuttered daily Zaman--Hüseyin Belli, Onur Kutlu and İsmail Küçük--to be freed pending trial, the English-language news blog Turkish Minute reported ... |
The Hindu | Turkey, Russia may sign S-400 purchase deal this week: minister The Hindu Russian S-400 Triumph/SA-21 Growler medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2015. | Photo Credit: Reuters. Reuters. ANKARA:, December 14, 2017 17:00 IST ... Turkey says credit deal with Russia on S-400 missile may be signed this week Russian experts may be employed to service Turkey's S-400s — Turkish top diplomat |
NSA Head Accuses Turkey of Pushing Extreme Islamist Ideology Asbarez Armenian News WASHINGTON—The United State national security adviser, national security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, said Tuesday that Turkey was a prime source of funding that contributes to the spread of extremist ideology, reported Voice of America. “A lot of ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey summons FBI attache over testimony in US trial Washington Post ISTANBUL — Turkey's official news agency says police have summoned an FBI official stationed in Turkey, in connection with testimony in a U.S. federal corruption case against a Turkish banker. Anadolu Agency said Wednesday evening that the FBI attache ... FBI Turkey chief summoned to police department over Reza Zarrab case US Cleric Vilified in Turkey Invoked at NY Sanctions Trial |
Al-Monitor | Turkey's 'shadowy' gold trade raises questions about Iran's involvement Al-Monitor As Iranian-Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab was telling a New York court about how he devised ways to scuttle sanctions on Iran, shadily documented and hard-to-justify levels of gold trade between Turkey and United Arab Emirates have appeared once again ... |