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Qatar National Bank to buy Turkey's Finansbank for $2.95 bln
Qatar National Bank (QNB), the Gulf Arab region's largest bank, has agreed to buy Turkey's Finansbank from the National Bank of Greece (NBG) for 2.7 billion euros ($2.95 billion), as it steps up its search for larger markets overseas. With the latest acquisition, Qatari companies have strengthened their hands in the Turkish market.
Climate regulation, both a risk and opportunity for Turkish firms
Carbon Disclosure Project, (CDP) was set up nearly 15 years ago to serve investors who wanted to see companies reporting reliable information about their climate change policies.
The Kurdish problem dilemma
What I am saying is that they are trying to send "the future of our children to the mountains."
He still replies to me by asking, "Where was the government when they were digging these ditches?"
There is no other option left.
This time I will not explain in long sentences.
I will do is precisely and succinctly?
The cost of the AKP's policy mistakes
One has to wonder how much thought Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and his government are putting into decisions that have a direct bearing on Turkey's foreign policy, as well as its vital security and economic interests.
Turkish FM slams Russia for killing 600 civilians in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has slammed Russia for killing more than 600 civilians in Syria since the latter started conducting airstrikes inside the country in support of President Bashar al-Assad late September.
In a written statement issued on Dec. 21, Çavu?o?lu said Russian operations had killed more than 600 civilians, of which 150 were children.
Two soldiers killed in PKK attack in Turkey's east
Two soldiers were killed and six were wounded on Dec. 21 in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the eastern Bitlis province, Anadolu Agency has reported.
PKK militants detonated a hand-made explosive during the passing of security forces in the rural area of the Ölek village. According to initial reports, two soldiers were killed and six were wounded.