Turchia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people
— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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How Islam in the West is influenced from abroad
THE IMAM of Germany’s largest mosque (pictured) is struggling to fill it. It holds 1,200 worshippers, cost €20m ($22.8m) and was opened last September to much fanfare in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, the German state with the biggest concentration of Muslims. But only a few dozen elderly men attend his Sunday ...
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Turkey can act as center for arbitration: Trade minister
Turkey has the necessary know-how and potential to act as a center for international arbitration in its immediate region and beyond, country's trade minister said on Feb. 15.
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Turkey’s budget post $953 mln surplus in January
Turkey’s central government budget balance posted a surplus of nearly 5.1 billion Turkish liras ($953 million) in January, new data from the Treasury and Finance Ministry showed on Feb. 15.
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Turkish retail sales declined in December 2018
Retail sales volume in Turkey decreased by 9.2 percent in December 2018 compared with the same month of previous year, according to a statement by the Turkish Statistical Institute on Feb. 15.
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Turkey condemns 'heinous' terror attack in Iran
Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Feb. 14 condemned a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran and offered condolences to Iran's people and government.
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Turkey, Serbia should target $2 bln trade volume: Minister
Turkey and Serbia should aim to increase their bilateral trade volume to $2 billion in the near future, Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu said on Feb. 12.
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Turkish gov’t to sell cheaper products online
Turkey’s government will sell cheaper vegetables and fruits online besides their sales at physical points-of-sale set up in a number of districts by municipalities in the capital Ankara and Istanbul as part of efforts to fight against excessive price hikes which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently described as “food terrorism.”
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Italian companies to focus on five industrial zones in Turkey
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has concluded a research on logistical and economic opportunities for Italian companies investing in Turkey.
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Turkey’s Treasury hires banks for lease certificate issue
The Treasury and Finance Ministry said on Feb. 12 it has mandated Citigroup, Kuwait Finance House and Standard Chartered for a U.S. dollar denominated lease certificate issuance on the international capital markets.
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Turkey urges China to shut detention camps
Ministry of foreign affairs condemns camps after musician’s death
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Turkey’s wealth fund hires banks for first foreign loan
Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund (Varlık Fonu) hired Citigroup Inc. and Industrial Commercial Bank of China Ltd. to coordinate a 1 billion-euro ($1.14 billion) syndicated loan, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.
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37 million Turks listen to radio per week
Some 37 million people in Turkey tune in to radio stations every week, a survey conducted in December last year by the global marketing research company Nielson has shown.
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Turkish scholarship program eyes foreign students
The head of Turkey's Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) is calling on international students planning to pursue higher education in Turkey not to miss the deadline for the state-funded Türkiye Scholarships program.
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No Patriot sales to Turkey in event of S-400 purchase: US official
The U.S. government will end the process of the Patriot sale if Turkey proceeds with the purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense systems, a senior U.S. official has told Hürriyet Daily News.
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Turkey welcomes Russian move to lift visa requirements
Ankara welcomed Moscow's move to lift visa requirements for Turkish service passport holders and truck drivers traveling to Russia, according to a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman on Feb. 6.
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Turkey, US accelerate work on Manbij roadmap: Turkish FM
The implementation of the roadmap for ridding Syrian northern town Manbij of the YPG militants has accelerated as the U.S. changed its attitude towards it, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Feb. 6.
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Deal with IMF unnecessary, fundamentals of economy strong, says Finance Minister Albayrak
Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has joined other senior government officials in denying speculations that Turkey is seeking support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), stressing that the fundamentals of the Turkish economy are strong.
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5 million Turks living outside of Turkey: Foreign Ministry
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced that five million Turkish nationals were residing in a total of 152 countries worldwide.
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Turkey’s energy import bill up 15.6 percent in 2018
Turkey’s energy import bill in 2018 increased by nearly 15.6 percent compared to 2017, according to Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TÜİK) data on Feb. 6.
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Turkey, US ‘will reach $75 bln trade target with free trade agreement’
Trade volume between Turkey and the United States may reach $75 billion through a free trade agreement and the removal of regulations and tariffs, the chairman of the American-Turkish Council has said, stressing that the bilateral potential has never been realized.
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Turkey-US working group meets in Washington
The Turkey-U.S. Joint Working Group held its final meeting in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 5, chaired by Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal and U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.