Turchia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people
— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Turkey’s confused foreign policy leaves it facing ethical dilemmas
President Recep Erdoğan spoke the truth when he said recently that Turkey is a European country. This may appear odd to those who predicate their outlook on religious factors. However, the geo-political geography that a country belongs to has to be considered from a much broader perspective.
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Russian FM says Moscow opts for Turkey over US for dialogue on Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said cooperation with Turkey over Syria would be “more fruitful” than cooperation with the United States.
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Turkey stands by Turkmen resistance: Foreign Ministry undersecretary
Foreign Ministry undersecretary Ümit Yalçın has called on representatives of Turkmen communities in Iraq and Syria, saying Ankara backs their resistance
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CERF: Donors pledge US$273 million to support urgent aid
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: WorldIn the past two years, about 70 per cent of CERF’s funding has been allocated (or targeted) to humanitarian operations that support displaced people and the communities hosting them. (New York, 13 December 2016): Today the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) ...
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Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech receives handover from Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU
The Deputy Prime Minister today received the 'bell' from his Slovak counterpart, Minister Miroslav Lajčák, which symbolises the transition of the Chairing of the General Affairs Council from Slovakia to Malta. During the discussion on the preparation for the European Council , the Deputy Prime Minister stressed the importance of ...
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Updated: Aleppo cease-fire founders, threatening evacuation plans
A cease-fire deal between rebels and the Syrian government in the city of Allepo foundered on Wednesday, threatening plans to evacuate the remaining rebels and tens of thousands of civilians out of harm's way in what would effectively seal the enclave's surrender.The withdrawal was supposed to start at dawn but ...
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EU slows Turkey membership talks over coup crackdown
The European Union on Tuesday expressed deep concern about Turkey's security crackdown since the failed coup in July but stopped short of officially freezing membership talks with the country.At talks in Brussels, EU foreign and European affairs ministers decided that no new sections of Turkey's accession negotiations should be started ...
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AP Interview: Malta offers diplomatic hand to Turkey
The nation that will take on the European Union presidency at the end of the month held out a diplomatic hand to Turkey on Monday and insisted the bloc needed to "give some positive signals" if it wanted to get more cooperation from Ankara.In an interview with The Associated Press, Malta Foreign ...
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Turks get richer overnight due to revision in GDP per capita data
Turkey’s 2015 GDP per capita has increased from $9,130 to 11,014 after the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) revised how it calculated the figure
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Two Czech citizens may have connections to the PKK: Turkish FM
Turkey has obtained information about two Czech citizens who were caught illegally crossing the Turkish border into Iraq, and are suspected to have links to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG), Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said
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Foreign footballers take issue with questions after Istanbul bomb attack
An Armenian-origin footballer who plays for Beşiktaş has taken umbrage with a question from Armenian broadcaster Armnews about the twin bombings in Istanbul, noting that the attacks could have occurred anywhere
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Austria calls for freeze on Turkey's EU membership talks
Austria wants the European Union to freeze membership talks with Turkey over Ankara's massive crackdown following the failed coup.Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said Monday that the EU "must at least freeze the accession negotiations."He said "it is wrong to continue accession negotiations as if nothing negative has happened in ...
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Turkey condemns terror attack on Egyptian Coptic Church
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the Dec. 10 terror attack on a Coptic church in Egypt’s capital that killed at least 25 people.
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Tourism, trade fall blamed for deficit hike in Turkey
Turkey’s current account deficit has widened and is standing at $1.68 billion in October, up by almost $1.33 billion year-on-year, the Central Bank stated on Dec. 12
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Turkish economy shrinks for first time since 2009
Turkey’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a bigger than expected 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2016 on weak consumer spending and exports, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed on Dec. 12
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Turchia, PIL negativo e sotto le attese
(Teleborsa) - Si arresta la crescita della Turchia, che nel terzo trimestre ha riportato un PIL negativo per la prima volta dal 2009 e sotto le attese degli economisti. Il PIL nel 3° trimestre...
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Algeria condemns in strongest terms double attack in Istanbul
ALGIERS- Algeria has condemned in the strongest terms the double blasts perpetrated Saturday downtown Istanbul, said Sunday the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdelaziz Benali Cherif. "We condemn in the strongest terms the double attack perpetrated yesterday Saturday downtown Istanbul," Benali Cherif told APS. "We offer our ...
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Updated (2): Turkey hunts for answers, buries dead after blasts kill 38
Turkey declared a national day of mourning and began to bury its dead Sunday after twin blasts in Istanbul killed 38 people and wounded 155 others near a soccer stadium. It was the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.The bombs Saturday night targeted police ...
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Turkey to focus on ways to improve R&D: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 10 that the government is set to increase the research and development (R&D) spending, raising its GDP ratio from 1 to 3 percent by 2023
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Malta joins the UN to celebrate Human Rights Day
Malta joins the rest of the world in celebrating Human Rights Day, which commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations, 68 years ago.This past year was an important one for Malta in terms of the development of human rights legislation and policy.Following a ...
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Two bills on equality to be presented to Parliament on Wednesday
Malta today joins the rest of the world in celebrating Human Rights Day, which commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations, sixty-eight years ago. This past year was an important one for Malta in terms of the development of human rights legislation and policy.Following ...