Turchia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people
— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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Police detain 28 in raids on Gülenists in Turkey
Turkish police detained 28 people over links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen in multiple raids across the country, while the search continued for 23 others, including Rızanur Meral, the head of the major business group the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON)
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Brexit won’t affect Turkey’s exports to UK and EU: Minister
Brexit will not affect Turkey’s exports to the EU and the U.K., the Turkish customs and trade minister has said
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Turkey plans to lure back capital deposited abroad by Turkish citizens
Ankara is working on a new cash repatriation law to bring Turkish citizens’ assets abroad back to the country, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal has said
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Hotel occupancy rates plunge below 57 percent in Turkey amid foreign arrival squeeze
Turkey’s hotel occupancy rates plunged below 57 percent in May, as the country saw the worst drop across Europe after Belgium, the Turkish Touristic Hotels and Investors Association (TÜROB) said in a written statement
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What should Turkey do to attract more FDI?
Let’s start with the good news: Turkey has become the 20th most popular destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow in 2015, rising two spots from last year
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Silver linings
A leg up for security firms REFUGEES arriving on Aegean islands are whisked to “hotspots”—registration centres run by the European Asylum Support Office. It is often a traumatic moment. Those who fear being sent back to Turkey can turn angry or violent. “We have had a number of riots, staff have ...
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Russia invites Turkey to economy meeting in Sochi
Moscow has invited Ankara to an economy meeting scheduled for July 1 in Sochi, a Russian government official said June 23, marking the first such move after relations between two countries soured over a downed jet last year
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Turkey risks economy with lignite-fired plant investments: Report
Turkey is at risk of making a “historic error” in its energy policy that would put its economy at risk by investing heavily in a new fleet of lignite-fired power plants, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has said in a report
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Turkey says visit by German politicians to İncirlik base ‘not appropriate’
Turkey’s foreign minister has said that a visit by German politicians to İncirlik Air Base, one of the centers from where the U.S-led anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) campaign is managed in southern Turkey, was “not appropriate.”
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Ankara denies mediated talks with Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on June 23 that it was impossible for the country to cooperate with the Syrian regime, refuting claims that Ankara could cooperate with Damascus against the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)
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Turkey should stick to EU anchor to boost FDI: YASED vice chair
Turkey should cling to its European Union membership target in a bid to boost foreign invertors’ trust and increase its foreign direct investment (FDI) flow share of 1 percent, the vice chair of the International Investors Association (YASED) has said
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Turkish demands simple, deal depends on Israel’s attitude: FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on June 22 Turkey’s demands were simple and the deal with Israel depended on the country’s attitude, adding that the talks between Ankara and Tel Aviv were ongoing
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Female drummer bangs it loud to wake all for Ramadan meal
Despite an expansive range of electronic alarm devices, Turks still enjoy the tradition of Ramadan drummers and while this duty has traditionally been an all-male business, a woman in northwestern Turkey has joined their ranks
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Turkey in full-speed democratic degeneration
Ironically enough, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım cited improving the state of democracy and the rule of law in Turkey among the top priorities of his government in his weekly address to his parliamentary group on July 21
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Turkey ranks 20th most popular spot for FDI, rising two spots
Turkey became the 20th most popular destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow in 2015, rising two spots from its 22nd ranking the previous year, a fresh report showed on June 21
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Foreign capital in Turkey and the trustee law change
Together with the amendment to the law on the Supreme Court of Appeals submitted to parliament, the regulation on the appointment of caretakers to companies has drawn a huge reaction from the business world
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AKP’s failed policies hit tourism, CHP chair says
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu blamed the government’s failed domestic and foreign policies for the sharp fall in Turkey’s tourism industry, during a parliamentary group meeting on June 21
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Are we really heading for a fresh start in foreign policy?
Turkey’s “precious loneliness,” a term coined by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief foreign policy advisor, İbrahim Kalın, to put a positive spin on Ankara’s growing international isolation under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has started to weigh heavily on the government
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While Turkish investments abroad rise
Turkey is waiting for foreign investors, recently feared to be intimidated by the “trustee mechanism,” but at the same time Turkey’s international investment trend is rapidly increasing. I personally witnessed this trend last week in both Munich and Paris
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CHP head criticizes law schools for remaining silent
The chair of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has criticized law faculties for remaining silent in the face of a major shake-up in the country’s laws and judiciary, during an exclusive interview with daily Hürriyet
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Turkish Foreign Ministry rejects claims of killings on Syrian border
The Foreign Ministry on June 19 denied claims that Turkish security forces killed a group of Syrian civilians attempting to cross the border into Turkey