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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people
— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Turkey holds security meeting over developments in Syria
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım chaired a security meeting on Aug. 9 with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Customs and Trade Minister Bülent Tüfenkci, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın, Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and intelligence chief Hakan Fidan.
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Wedding musicians protest fake money tips in Turkey’s Diyarbakır
A group of musicians in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır have launched a protest on receiving fake foreign currency notes as tips while playing at weddings and have demanded to be paid regular wages by wedding organizers.
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Turkey says it may need to take action against Russia’s tomato restrictions
Turkey may need to take reciprocal measures against Russia’s restrictions on imports of tomatoes and other produces, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said on Aug. 9.
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E.ON CEO says Turkish business going well, flags Enerjisa IPO
E.ON Chief Executive Johannes Teyssen said business in Turkey was going well, adding the group expected power demand in the country to rise and flagging a possible listing of Enerjisa, its local joint venture with Sabancı.
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Romania’s Paravion shuts Turkish business, blames security, currency depreciation
Romania’s oldest online travel agency Paravion.ro will undergo restructuring and shut its Turkish unit Bavul due to security issues in Turkey and currency depreciation, it said on Aug. 7.
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After the US, Russia also pressing Turkey on the YPG
Turkey has been at odds with its biggest military ally the U.S. for some time over Washington’s selection for a partner in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), or DAESH in Arabic initials.
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Turkey to further dig into Gülenists foreign links
In his daily Hürriyet column on Aug. 7, journalist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently instructed his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials to prepare a substantial report on the foreign links of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.
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As displacements continue, Syrian refugees need access to durable solutions
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyAn estimated 1.1 million displacements were recorded in the first half of 2017. Despite the support provided by host governments and humanitarian actors, refugees in the region are growing increasingly vulnerable. Current Situation The security situation in the Syrian ...
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Turkey agrees to let German lawmakers visit troops at airbase: Berlin
Turkey has agreed to let German lawmakers visit soldiers serving at an air base in Turkey next month as part of a NATO trip, according to a letter from the German foreign minister on Aug. 8
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Israel claims transfer of funds to Hamas through Turkey
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has announced an investigation into an “infrastructure for transferring funds via couriers between Hamas command centers in Turkey and the Gaza Strip and the Hamas command center in Hebron.”
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Five foreign ISIL suspects detained in Istanbul
Five Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects of foreign nationality were detained on Aug. 7 in Istanbul, in an operation conducted jointly by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Istanbul Police Department’s counterterrorism bureau
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Turkey set to ease stock exchange procedures
Turkey is set to remove obstacles before companies that cannot trade on Borsa Istanbul due to their inability to generate period profits because of their investment financing expenses
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Turkish officials set to hold new meeting with top representatives from Booking.com
Turkey will meet top representatives from Booking.com over an economic and commercial formula which may end a controversy over the website’s unfair competition moves, according to a top economy official.
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Cocaine worth 24.5 million Turkish Liras seized from Liberia-flagged ship off Mersin
Anti-drug police seized cocaine worth 24.5 million Turkish Liras from a foreign-flagged ship as it was approaching the harbor in the southern province of Mersin on Aug. 7.
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Turkey becomes sectorial dialogue partner of ASEAN
Turkey has become a sectorial dialogue partner for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Aug. 6.
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What foreign investors want in Turkey is clear
The government has recently been holding a series of meetings with foreign investors in a bid to recover Turkey’s deteriorated perception.
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Turkey’s Çavuşoğlu talks Syria with US, Russian counterparts in Manila
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met on Aug. 6 with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in the Philippine capital Manila during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum, before holding a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson later in the day
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150,000 cars awaiting insurance money after heavy Istanbul hailstorm
Some 150,000 car owners have made insurance claims for damage caused by heavy hail in Istanbul on July 27, which left holes on hoods and broke many windshields, as thousands of others have been waiting in line to be registered.
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Joining together for justice is a national duty: CHP head Kılıçdaroğlu
In his foreword to a new book produced by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the recent “justice march” from the capital Ankara to Istanbul, CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has written that “joint struggle” has become a “national duty.”
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Fraport raises forecast for Antalya airport as Russians return
Fraport has raised its forecast for passenger numbers at Turkey’s Antalya airport this year after a rush of Russian tourists at the start of the summer vacation season, the airport operator’s finance chief said.
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Turkish family minister says authority to register civil marriages shouldn’t be given to imams
Authority to register civil marriages should not be given to imams, Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya has said, commenting on a recent draft law allowing “muftis,” religious civil servants within Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), to register marriages.