Latest News from Turkey
The Turkey-ISIL relationship
There have been extensive allegations lately regarding the relationship between Turkey and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Egypt invites Turkish FM to Gaza conference in Cairo
Egypt has invited Turkey to a donors’ conference for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, after months of strained relations between the two countries
Baku and Ankara vow to extend energy-focused cooperation to new levels
Turkey and Azerbaijan have reiterated their pledge to develop their economies through mutual cooperation
Main opposition leader criticizes leading business group for ‘trying to look cute to Erdoğan’
CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized Turkey’s leading business organization for inviting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with whom it had chilly ties in the past, to its recent convention
Bulgaria Accused of Expelling Syrian Refugees
The international rights group Human Rights Watch on Thursday said it had documented three separate incidents of summary returns from Bulgaria to Turkey involving at least 43 people, all Syrians.
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Former president says he won’t form new party
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has reiterated that he will not form a new political party
NBG-owned Finansbank looks into possible secondary public offering
Turkey's Finansbank, which is owned by National Bank of Greece, said on Friday it had begun work on a possible secondary public offering of its shares.
It said in a statement to the Istanbul stock exchange that it planned to mandate investment banks and brokerages on the subject in the coming period.
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Bulgaria without Censorship 'to Block Border with Turkey' before Elections
Ex-journalist and MEP Nikolay Barekov's Bulgaria without Censorship party has pledged to set up a blockade at the Bulgarian-Turkish border on October 1.
Mariya Kalenderska, MP candidate and Barekov's partner, has told national private channel bTV her party doubts the electoral process could be fair here or in the polling sections opened in Turkey.
Turkey to provide assistance to fleeing Syrian Kurds inside Syria: PM
Syrians fleeing from jihadist violence will be provided with shelter and assistance inside Syria, Davutoğlu has said, adding that they could cross into Turkey in the event of increased security threats
Turkey ‘resolved’ to stop flow of ISIL militants
FM Çavuşoğlu said Turkey is resolved to stop the flow of European extremists trying to join the ISIL
Turkey opens border after tension between Syrian Kurds fleeing ISIL and security forces
Turkish authorities opened the border with Syria on Sept. 19 to let hundreds of Kurds fleeing from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to cross into Turkey
Gifts to Ottoman sultan go on display
Gifts that were sent to Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamit II from Turkey and abroad on the 25th year of his accession to the throne have gone on display at Yıldız Palace
Why can’t economists predict for *beep*?
“When will economists just admit that they can’t predict for *beep*?” When Özyeğin University marketing professor Steven H. Seggie asked this rhetorical question in a tweet after the U.S. jobs report on Sept. 5, I correctly predicted Turkey’s July industrial production figures in my Sept. 8 column to prove him wrong. I have to admit I cheated.
Greek defense sources see rise in air, sea violations by Turkey
There have been 40 breaches of Greek air space by Turkish military aircraft this week, military sources said on Thursday.
On Thursday alone there were 22 infringements in the Aegean.
Sources said the incursions are part of a concerted tactic on Turkeys part to challenge Greeces air space.
EU Minister promotes Turkey’s new EU strategy
Turkey provides a more detailed account of how it intends to resurrect its moribund bid to join the European Union