Turkey

What happened to the Turkish lira? – Güven Sak

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is still insisting on false economic premises, including a theory that higher interest rates cause inflation; a policy stance that has led to sharp losses for the lira, said Güven Sak, a former member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Central Bank of Turkey. …

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Muhalefetin toparlanması

Muhalefet kelimenin tam manasıyla toparlandı. Bir yuvarlak masa etrafında 6 parti liderinin memleket için birlikte hareket etmek üzere bir araya gelmesi başka ne türlü tanımlanabilir ki? Ve iyidir böyle bir toparlanma… Öncelikle şaşırtıcı gelecek ama iktidar için iyidir. Yoo, hiç de tehdit değildir. Evet alternatiftir, yerine geçme niyeti vardır, ama …

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Opposition leader boycotts bills; will Erdoğan respond?

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu announced that he would not pay his electricity bills, calling out President Tayyip Erdoğan to take back the gradual electricity price hikes that were taken into effect at the beginning of the year that raised protests all over Turkey. You …

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Senior Delegation From Turkey To Visit Israel Ahead of Herzog Visit to Ankara

A high-level official delegation from Turkey will visit Israel this week as the two countries prepare for the planned visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Turkey and to discuss relations between the two countries, the Office of the President of Israel and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in …

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Iran’s cyber operations against Turkey should be a wakeup call for Erdoğan – analysts

Iran’s cyber operations against targets in Turkey should be a reason for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to revive cooperation with Israel, said Aykan Erdemir, a senior director at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies (FDD) and Annie Fixler, deputy director of the FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology …

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Islamic State collaborators received Turkish citizenship, official report shows

A leaked report has revealed details about how the jihadi group used Turkey to traffic money and obtain supplies. Shortly after the Islamic State’s (IS’s) leader was killed in a Syrian hideout near the Turkish border, a leaked report by Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) revealed details about how …

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Turkish opposition forms plan to oust Erdogan, restore parliament’s power

At a weekend summit, six party heads charted a path to ending the executive presidential system that critics say has eroded the country’s democratic institutions. Leaders of six Turkish opposition parties convened this past weekend in Ankara to chart a path back from the executive presidential system, which they say …

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Greek-Turkish relations in the pre-election arena

Greek-Turkish relations are not moving forward. The (Greek) prime minister may have started his administration believing that progress could be made, but today the impasse is obvious and no light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. Greece, Turkey and Cyprus have entered a pre-election trajectory. It has …

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Iran, ISIS, Hamas: Why are extremist groups launching threats in Turkey?

N12 reported that 12 terror plots against Israelis in Turkey were foiled in the past two years. More than a dozen plots against Israelis were foiled in the last two years, Channel 12 reported over the weekend. Further, I24 News reported: “According to the unsourced report, the majority of the …

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Report: At least 12 terrorist plots foiled against Israelis in Turkey

The past two years saw a number terrorist plots against Israelis linked to the Islamic State group Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was involved in foiling 12 terrorist plots targeting Israelis in Turkey over the past two years, the Hebrew-language Channel 12 News reported on Saturday. According to the unsourced report, …

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