Turchia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people
— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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The human rights impact of the EU-Turkey deal
Source: Amnesty International Country: Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Libya, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldAccording to Amnesty, the deal has certainly stemmed the flow of migrants across the Aegean, but at a considerable cost to Europe’s commitment to refugee protection. In the absence of safe and legal routes into Europe, hundreds of thousands ...
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Turkey condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile launch
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Feb. 12 “strongly” condemned North Korea’s test-firing a ballistic missile, which triggered a U.S.-led call for an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting after the launch was seen as a challenge to President Donald Trump.
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EU slashes Turkey growth outlook slightly
The European Union has slightly cut its growth forecast for the Turkish economy, according to a fresh report released on Feb. 13.
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Russian envoy assassination image wins World Press Photo Award
Brandishing a gun, his face contorted with rage, the shocking image of an off-duty Turkish policeman assassinating the Russian envoy to Turkey Monday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award. Judges praised the bravery of Burhan Ozbilici, a photographer for the Associated Press, who stood his ground as 22-year-old policeman Mevlut ...
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‘Angel investments’ to spend $50 bln in coming years: Association
“Angel investors,” a group of wealthy individuals putting up their own money to back small- and medium-sized businesses, are expected to spend $50 billion in the coming years for such purposes, a leading association announced in an Istanbul summit on Feb. 13.
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Turkey’s treasury to pave way for int’l investors to issue FX securities
Turkey’s treasury is set to pave the way for foreign investors to issue foreign exchange-based securities as part of the Istanbul Finance Center project, in a move to attract more foreign investors into the country’s capital markets, a top economy official has announced.
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İzmir Port stakes transferred to Turkey’s wealth fund
Turkey has transferred stakes in İzmir Port, which has been in privatization portfolio since 2007, to the Turkish Wealth Fund, in a bid to help finance giant infrastructure projects.
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No Turkish journalist arrested for writing stories, Turkish FM says
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said that here are no journalists currently under custody in Turkey just for doing their jobs and writing stories.
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Turkey, Ukraine lift passport requirement in visits to boost tourism
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Feb. 10 announced that Turkey and Ukraine had reached a deal allowing the citizens of the both countries to travel between each only with ID cards, without passports.
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PM says point of migrant deal from informal summit is to send ‘strong signal’, genuine refugees welcome
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the point underpinning the deal signed in the informal EU summit on migration which took place in Malta last Friday was to send a “strong signal” that genuine refugees are welcome however people are not to use illegal channels to circumvent visa procedures.He said ...
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Why Nigeria Is Turkey’s Strategic Partner In Sub-Saharan Africa – Cakil
Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Çakıl believes strongly that the ties between his country and Nigeria is heavily pregnant with prospects that would change the economic fortunes of the two countries. In this interview with Pembi David-Stephen, he speaks on some of the bilateral agreements that sustain the ...
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Hectares of treasury land with famous hotels transferred to new wealth fund
Many leading tourism investments and five-star hotels, located on 2.3 million square meters of land, have been transferred from Turkey’s state treasury to the newly introduced Turkish Wealth Fund as well as a number of leading public companies and lenders.
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Foreign banks, wealth funds eye cooperation with Turkish wealth fund: Minister
Foreign banks and sovereign wealth funds are interested in working with Turkey’s newly formed wealth fund, which is likely to make its first transaction this year, Turkish Finance Minister Naci Ağbal told Reuters on Feb. 8.
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German FM invites jailed Turkish opposition leader to convention
German Foreign Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Sigmar Gabriel has invited Selahattin Demirtaş, a co-chair of the Turkish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who is currently in jail pending trial in Turkey, to the Berlin convention of the Progressive Alliance
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World Bank signs $400 mln finance deal with Turkey’s BOTAŞ for TANAP
The World Bank and Turkey’s gas grid BOTAŞ signed a $400 million financing deal on Feb. 8 for the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project, which will carry gas from a gas field in Azerbaijan across Turkey and further on to Europe
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Trump reiterates US support for Turkey in call with Erdoğan
U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated support for Turkey “as a strategic partner and NATO ally” during a phone call with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Feb. 7, the offices of both leaders said.
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France: Israeli 'Settlements Law' may heighten Mideast tensions
UK, Turkey also condemn approval of Israeli legislation that retroactively legalizes 4,000 settler homes on private Palestinian property.
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Foreign powers performing ‘earthquake tests’ near Istanbul to destroy economy: Ankara mayor
Recent earthquakes in the western province of Çanakkale could have been organized by dark external powers aiming to destroy Turkey’s economy with an “artificial earthquake” near Istanbul, Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek has claimed.
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Turkey, UAE officials vow to boost economic, trade ties
Senior Turkish and U.A.E. officials pledged to increase economic and trade relations at a high-level meeting in Ankara on Feb. 7.
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President Erdoğan launches new ‘employment mobilization’ campaign
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on businesspeople to step up in an “employment mobilization” campaign to create new jobs to enliven Turkey’s stuttering economy, urging city governors to supervise the campaign
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An example from Turkey for future capitalism
According to the World Economic Forum, the global economy is more than five times larger than it was half a century ago.