Bank of Reconstruction

In the 1990?s, a foreign country or institution showing interest in Turkey?s southeast was received with suspicion by the state. These were seen as modern ?Lawrence of Arabia? initiatives to provoke Kurds in the south of the country.

Turkey’s sole stock exchange Borsa Istanbul is reportedly holding talks with one European and one American giant for the potential sale of a minority of the exchange’s shares only months after a landmark deal with U.S. stock exchange NASDAQ.