Tag: Turkey

Turkey jacks up electricity, gas prices for New Year (Reuters)

Turkey sharply raised electricity prices by 50-100% for households and companies on Saturday, and again increased monthly natural gas bills, adding to strains in...
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How Turkey Can Be a True Ally to Lebanon (Adnan Nasser, The National Interest)

If Turkey wants to be a true ally to the Lebanese people, rather than another cynical actor exploiting those in need, it must ensure...
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How Turkey Can Be a True Ally to Lebanon (Adnan Nasser, The National Interest)

If Turkey wants to be a true ally to the Lebanese people, rather than another cynical actor exploiting those in need, it must ensure...
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Erdogan calls on Turks to keep all savings in lira (Reuters)

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turks should keep all their savings in lira and that recent exchange rate volatility was largely under...
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Armenia Lifts Ban On Import Of Turkish Goods (RFE RL)

The Armenian government has lifted a ban on the import of Turkish goods that was imposed over Ankara's backing of Azerbaijan in last year’s...
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Turkish wines risk drying up as economic and climate crises grow (Erin O’Brien, Al Jazeera)

As Gabriel Oktay Cili works in his small wood-panelled silver shop in the heart of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin, several people drop...
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How Erdonomics Sank Turkey (Anne O. Krueger, Project-Syndicate)

Turkey’s economy is in crisis. Inflation is high and rising, economic growth is stalling, foreign-exchange reserves have plummeted, many goods are in short supply or...
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5 things to know about Erdogan’s plan to shore up Turkey’s lira (Asli Kandemir, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an emergency plan to curb the lira’s unprecedented depreciation and protect investors against wild swings in the currency....
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Turkish lira rockets after Erdogan’s promise to protect deposits (Al Jazeera)

The Turkish lira rocketed off record lows on Tuesday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced new measures to safeguard local currency deposits against severe...
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Erdogan seeks to boost ties at Turkey-Africa summit (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Turkey is aiming to deepen economic and military ties on Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks at a major summit of African...
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Turkey: Stock trading halted twice as lira crashes to new low (Onur Ant, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkey halted trades on all listed stocks after sharp declines triggered a market-wide circuit breaker, with the lira extending declines to a record low. Trading...
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How Turkey’s largest fact-checking group tackles disinformation (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Every day, Emre İlkan Saklica scrolls through endless social media feeds, delving into the latest trends and browsing through news reports, with just one...
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Moscow Fears Ankara’s Greater Turan Ideas Threaten Russia Abroad and at Home (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Many Russian analysts are dismissive of Turkey’s talk about the formation of a transnational cultural community called “Greater Turan.” They do not believe such...
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Public-private team in Turkey unveils drone with laser gun (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

A public-private partnership in Turkey claims it has created the world’s first drone armed with a laser weapon. The Eren was on display at the...
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Armenia, Turkey To Appoint Special Envoys In Bid To Normalize Ties (RFE RL)

Neighbors Turkey and Armenia have announced that they will appoint special envoys on mending relations that have been strained for decades. Yerevan and Ankara have...
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Erdoǧan loses his way (William Gourlay, The Interpreter)

As Turkey’s economy falters, its strongman president isfalling in the polls – the implications may be far reaching. Erdoǧan loses his way | The Interpreter...
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