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 ... Erdogan says Turkey seeking to annul Trump decision on Jerusalem at UN Turkey suggests opening embassy to Palestine in East Jerusalem Turkey's Erdogan: Muslim nations to go to UN over Jerusalem |
Voice of America | Turkey Opposition Leader Faces Prosecution as Crackdown Intensifies Voice of America Turkish prosecutors have taken another step toward the prosecution and possible jailing of the country's main opposition leader. On Thursday, Ankara prosecutors announced they had prepared their case against Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the Republican ... |
Bloomberg | Erdogan's Eccentric Theory of Inflation Scores a Win in Turkey ... Bloomberg For years, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hawked an eccentric theory that challenged modern inflation-fighting methods. Turkey's currency and bonds hit after modest rate rise Where's the feel-good factor in Turkey's world-beating growth ... |
Human Rights Watch | Turkey: Saudi Sisters at Risk of Forced Return Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – Two Saudi sisters in Turkish police custody are at risk of forced return to Saudi Arabia, where they could face serious harm from Saudi authorities or family members, Human Rights Watch said today. One of the sisters lost a challenge to ... 1040 Saudi companies operating in Turkey |
Al-Monitor | Turkey backtracking on 'red lines' for Syria's Kurds Al-Monitor Since the outbreak of war in Syria, Turkey's predicaments have forced it to turn a number of its red lines to yellow lines. Now, Turkey seems to be taking a step back on the Kurdish issue. A sensitive topic these days is whether the Kurdish Democratic ... |
Egypttoday (blog) | Turkey wants former police investigator repatriated from US Egypttoday (blog) ANKARA - 16 December 2017: Turkey's justice minister has told his U.S. counterpart that a former Turkish police investigator who testified at the trial of a Turkish banker in New York this week is wanted by Ankara and should be swiftly returned ... |
FRANCE 24 | Turkey helps rebuild the liberated Syrian border town of Jarabulus FRANCE 24 A year after it was liberated from Islamic State group control, the Syrian town of Jarabulus is rebuilding — thanks in large part to help from Turkey. The rebuilding of Jarabulus has begun. Apartment buildings are springing up, infrastructure is being ... |
Expel Turkey from NATO The Register-Guard Recent press reports tell us that several U.S. citizens are being held in Turkey as abettors of a recent attempted coup against president Recep Erdogan. Among them are a NASA scientist, a chemistry professor, a real estate agent and a Christian ... |
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 ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey's external assets rise over $233.5B in October Hurriyet Daily News Turkey's external assets rose to $233.5 billion as of October, 8.4 percent up from the end of 2016, Turkey's Central Bank announced on Dec. 15. The country's liabilities against non-residents also climbed 15.4 percent to $667.6 billion in the same ... |