Quartz | Turkey is hoping Russians will fill the German-shaped hole in its tourism industry Quartz Despite Turkey's plentiful beaches, resorts, and rich cultural heritage, tourists have been put off by a series of deadly terror attacks, last year's unsuccessful coup against president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the brutal crackdown that followed the ... DOD concerned by Turkey purchase of Russian air defense system Russian missile deal with Turkey raises concern inside Pentagon The Last Time I Checked, Turkey Was Still a Member of NATO |
Turkey: Is The Rebound Over? Barron's After surging since the start of the 2017, the iShares MSCI Turkey exchange-traded fund (TUR) appears to have regained the losses it suffered after last year's failed coup. But are the big gains for Turkish equities now behind us? Capital Economics ... |
Laptop ban on flights from Turkey eased Travel Weekly UK The British government has eased the laptop ban on flights from Turkey for two Turkish airlines operating from Istanbul and Izmar. Customers of Turkish Airlines and Pegasus will now be able to take their devices onboard after tighter security measures ... |
Al-Monitor | Turkey might have to do its own dirty work at Idlib Al-Monitor Turkey can't stop humanitarian relief from crossing into Syria, but it might decide to use the border crossings as leverage to force HTS to cooperate with Ahrar al-Sham. Turkey might also provoke civil society bodies of the Syrian National Coalition ... |
Open Democracy | What next for Turkey's opposition? Open Democracy Turkey's Justice March is – or at least has the potential to be – a transformative moment for the opposition with regards to Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has dominated Turkish political life since it rose to power ... |
Channel NewsAsia | Germany wants Europe to suspend prep work for EU-Turkey Customs Union Channel NewsAsia BERLIN: The German government wants the European Commission to suspend preparatory work on negotiations with Turkey about modernising the EU-Turkey Customs Union because it would send the "wrong signal", a draft paper obtained by Reuters ... |
Motherboard | Why the Arrest of IT Trainers in Turkey Affects Us All Motherboard When the colleagues of Ali Gharavi and Peter Steudtner heard that they had been detained in Turkey, along with representatives of six renowned Turkish NGOs, they assumed there had been a misunderstanding. Ali, a Swedish IT strategy consultant, and ... |
BBC News | Turkey nightclub attack leaves one dead and four hurt in Bodrum BBC News A teenager has been killed and four other people wounded in a shooting near two nightclubs at a popular resort in Turkey, local media report. A gunman approached the beach clubs in Bodrum, on Turkey's Aegean coast, before firing shots at random, the ... |
The Times of Israel | Turkey detains soldiers filmed beating Syrians on border The Times of Israel Ankara's allies have warmly applauded the generosity shown by Turkey to its Syrian neighbors throughout the conflict although there have been signs of growing tensions recently. Early this month, a Syrian refugee in Turkey was raped and bludgeoned to ... Turkey | Syria: Developments in North-western Syria (as of 30 July 2017) Turkey slams US presidential envoy McGurk 645 Europe-bound migrants detained in Turkey's Izmir |
DutchNews.nl | Dutch citizen detained in Turkey for insulting president Erdoğan DutchNews.nl A Dutch Turkish national has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly insulting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Trouw said on Monday. The paper said the man is thought to be the first Dutch citizen to be arrested on political grounds during the summer ... Dutch man arrested in Turkey for insulting Erdogan Alarm bells in Turkey after synagogue attack |