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Tsipras meets Erdogan following the Twitter exchange with Davutoglu

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a brief meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference COP21 in Paris on Monday.

The meeting took place after the unbelievable Twitter exchange between Greek PM and Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu.

Russia crisis may cost Antalya $6.5 billion: CHP deputies

A group of Republican People's Party's (CHP) deputies from Antalya have said the Mediterranean resort may lose $6.5 billion if the tension between Turkey and Russia escalates, in a joint press conference on Nov. 30.

Russian embargo against Turkish agricultural products

Russia will ban imports mainly of agricultural products, vegetables and fruits from Turkey and may extend its sanctions, if necessary, senior officials said during a meeting of the Russian government.

Moscow may delay for a few weeks the embargo on food imports so as to minimize inflationary pressures, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich.

Turkey's main opposition leader makes assets public

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu filed a declaration of property to parliament on Nov. 30.

K?l?çdaro?lu's declaration includes assets held by his spouse, Selvi K?l?çdaro?lu, and son Kerem K?l?çdaro?lu, the CHP announced.

Violence against women in Turkey increases both in number and brutality

"What we call femicide is actually murder of women who revolt against abuse and push for independence," says the We Will Stop Femicides Platform (WSF).

Turkey's foreign trade deficit drops 42.5 percent in October: Agency

Turkey's foreign trade deficit declined by 42.5 percent year-on-year in October due to a continuing decline in the country's imports, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜ?K) stated on Nov. 30.

The foreign trade gap dropped from $6.3 billion to $3.6 billion in October, according to provisional data produced jointly by TÜ?K and the Customs and Trade Ministry.

Russia says to ban agriculture, fruit, veg imports from Turkey

Russia will ban mainly imports of agricultural products, vegetables and fruits from Turkey and may expand its sanctions if needed, senior officials said at a government meeting on Nov. 30.

Moscow may delay the introduction of the food import restrictions for several weeks to ease inflationary pressure, said Arkady Dvorkovich, a deputy prime minister.

Russia vows to ban agriculture, fruit, vegetable imports from Turkey

Russia will ban imports of agricultural products, vegetables and fruits from Turkey and may expand its sanctions further if deemed necessary, senior officials said at a government meeting on Nov. 30, as quoted by Reuters.

Moscow may delay the introduction of the food import restrictions for several weeks to ease inflationary pressure, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.

Turkish gov't 'to help employers to curb minimum wage raise': minister

The government has planned to help employers in facilitating the planned minimum wage raise, said the Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri I??k in a televised interview.

International media express their surprise on Tsipras’s tweets

International news agency referred to yesterday’s Twitter exchange which took place between Greek Prime Minister and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu wondering about why Greek PM chose this way to attack Turkey and why he deleted his tweets when he saw that things became serious.