Turchia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people
— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Turkey ‘could benefit from Trump’s economic and strategic policies’
Turkey could benefit from the new US administration’s economic and strategic policies, provided that Ankara prioritizes relations with the EU and upholds secularism, economist Fatih Keresteci tells the Hürriyet Daily News. With the possible canceling of the trade deal between the US and the EU, Turkey’s importance as an economic ...
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Quake risk for Japanese-French nuclear plant in Turkey lowered to keep costs down, sources say
A questionably low quake risk estimate for a nuclear plant being built in Turkey by a Japanese-French consortium might be a bid to reduce costs, sources say. The post Quake risk for Japanese-French nuclear plant in Turkey lowered to keep costs down, sources say appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul plunges for first time in 16 years
The number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul declined to 9.2 million in 2016, a 26 percent decrease compared to the previous year, data from the Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate has shown.
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Onazi, Omeruo Eagles places threatened
Festus Abu Trabzonspor holding midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and on-loan Alanyaspor defender Kenneth Omeruo are in danger of losing their Super Eagles’ places as Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr is allegedly set to slam the door on players plying their trade in the Turkish Super League. Already, Rohr is working behind the ...
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Gov’t suspects foreign intelligence services’ role in Istanbul attack
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has suggested that “foreign intelligence services” could be behind the attack that claimed 39 lives at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub on New Year’s Eve, considering how “professionally” the attack was carried out.
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Turkish, Greek FMs to meet in New York ahead of Cyprus talks
Turkey and Greece’s respective foreign ministers, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Nikos Kotzias, will meet in New York to discuss the Cyprus reunification talks in Geneva next week, Turkish diplomatic sources have said.
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Updated - Watch: Turkish media run 'selfie' video of alleged nightclub gunman
Turkish media on Tuesday ran a "selfie video" of a man they say is the gunman who killed 39 people, most of them foreigners, at an Istanbul nightclub.The video broadcast on Turkish television shows the alleged gunman filming himself with a cellphone at Istanbul's Taksim square. It wasn't immediately clear ...
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Updated: Turkey identifies club gunman; Erdogan speaks to nation; five arrested
Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said Wednesday as the president vowed that the country won't surrender to terrorists or become divided.The gunman, who killed 39 people during New Year's celebrations at the Reina club, is still at large. But Foreign Minister Mevlut ...
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Turkey’s logistics sector end 2016 with slight contraction amid problems: Association
Turkey’s logistics sector experienced slight contraction in 2016 after a series of clashes on its southern borders, a crisis with Russia, sharp fluctuations in foreign exchanges and tightening EU borders, according a leading association, as reported by Reuters on Jan. 3
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Triggers and barriers in marketing Turkey to the world
“Rebranding Turkey,” was the main theme of my last article. I lamented how Turkey has been rebranded as a third world country, as developments over the course of 2016 had accelerated its slide toward that category.
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Tech businessman Erol Bilecik to head Turkey’s top business organization
Erol Bilecik, a leading tech businessman, is set to become the new president of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) in an unusual move, according to sources close to the matter
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Reina attacker identified, as 40 detained in probe
The identity of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who killed 39 people in Istanbul’s Reina nightclub in the early hours of Jan. 1 has been established, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated on Dec. 4
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Turkey ‘questions’ US use of İncirlik air base
Turkey has begun to question the use of the İncirlik air base by the anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) coalition forces, as the U.S. has failed to support Ankara’s offensive in the al-Bab region against the jihadist group, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Jan. 4
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Identificato l’autore dell’attentato di Istanbul.
Identificato l’autore dell’attentato di Istanbul. Durante un’intervista televisiva, il ministro degli esteri turco Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu ha confermato che l’identità dell’autore dell’attentato alla discoteca Reina di Istanbul è stata stabilita con certezza dalle autorità, senza comunque divulgarla. La polizia ha diffuso un’immagine dell’uomo. L’attentatore che ha ucciso 39 persone durante la ...
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Trade, visa limits imposed on Turkey by Russia still in effect: Zeybekci
A number of limits in Turkey’s bilateral visa and trade transactions with Russia still remain in place, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said, adding that this makes the Turkish side “uncomfortable.”
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Istanbul attack targets Turkey’s internal peace and foreign policy: Gov’t spokesperson
The deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub in the early hours of the New Year aimed to create divisions between different lifestyles within Turkish society and to counter Turkey’s cross border operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said
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Rebranding Turkey as a third world country
Turkey has become a country that cannot protect the lives of its own citizens or of its foreign guests, whether tourists or diplomats. It can now compete with Iraq and Afghanistan in terms of the frequency of terror attacks and the intensity of casualties.
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Turkey requests free trade, Ethiopia asks for time
Turkey’s Economic Minister Nihat Zeybekci asked the Ethiopian government to ease the process of visas and customs and to allow Turkish Airways to use large aircraft when transporting passengers via Addis Ababa to Istanbul. He also asked for both countries to ease trade restrictions so that import and export can ...
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Turkey’s energy sector still appealing despite setbacks: Energy Council head
Foreign investment in Turkey remains strong in spite of many challenges including terrorist attacks, thanks to the normalization of bilateral relations with Russia and Israel and the lifting of sanctions on Iran, the president of the Energy Council of Foreign Investors said on Jan. 2
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Mostly Middle Eastern tourists killed in ISIL’s attack on Reina nightclub
Most of the foreign victims in the Reina terror attack on Jan. 1 in Istanbul have been identified as citizens of Middle Eastern countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
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Turkish manufacturing contracts further in December: Index
Turkey’s manufacturing, which represents around a third of the country’s economy, slipped further into contraction in December, falling to its lowest level in four months, a survey showed on Jan. 2