Turkey's government

The international non-governmental organisation Amnesty International has called on Turkey's government to stop its repressions against the media and to release jailed journalists in the country, reported Voice of America, cited by Focus agency.

Turkey's EU minister on Mach 25 criticized a U.K. parliamentary committee report, saying some of its conclusions on the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey were partial.

Turkey's government has issued an order stating people with dual citizenship may use 11 days of administrative leave in order to take part in the campaign for the parliamentary vote in Bulgaria and vote at their birthplaces.

The order is secret and has been circulated to all state institutions. The length of leave is from March 20 to March 31.

Moody's Investors Service has taken rating actions on 17 Turkish banks, changing the ratings outlook from stable to negative on 14 of the lenders.

The ratings of one additional bank were also downgraded with a negative outlook, while the ratings of two other banks were affirmed with outlooks unchanged.

Turkey is unlikely to act on recent threats uttered by Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu who said that they could send 15,000 refugees to Europe a month to shock Europeans.

Soylu issued the threat on Thursday following a diplomatic row between Ankara and Germany and The Netherlands, fuelled by the latter's ban on allowing Turkish ministers to stage rallies there.

Turkey will intensify its efforts against racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia on all international platforms, especially at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as Turkey's government is currently the term president, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said March 14.

Turkey's government will meet opposition parties to seek a united stance amid recent tension between Ankara and Athens in the Aegean Sea on the grounds that the matter is a "national issue."

Germany's government has condemned remarks by Turkey's president accusing officials of "Nazi practices," days after a local authority prevented a Turkish minister from addressing a meeting there.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's statements "absolutely unacceptable."

There is serious global interest in Turkey's newly founded sovereign wealth fund, particularly from investment banks, and it plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with three other sovereign funds, its head told Reuters. 

Turkey's government has received applications worth 23 billion Turkish liras ($6.45 billion) for regional projects in the country's east, Development Minister Lütfi Elvan said Feb. 24.      

In remarks to the media during a visit to the eastern province of Erzincan, Elvan said, "This is above our expectations."