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Angel investments amounted to $102 million in Turkey in 2019, up 66 percent on an annual basis, an official said on Feb. 17.

Turkey is the fourth largest angel investment country in Europe with 141 angel investors, Lütfi Elvan, the chairman of parliament's planning and budget committee, told the World Congress of the World Business Angel Investment Forum (WBAF 2020) in Istanbul.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu, stressed, at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels, the importance of the consistent and swifter implementation of the Mali Peace Agreement.

The Turkish financial crimes unit slammed a global money laundering watchdog report against the country's money laundering efforts.

"Turkey's struggles weren't revealed in the report. [Turkey] was subjected to unfair assessment," Turkey's Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) officials told Anadolu Agency on Dec. 19 on a recent report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Although the domestic political scene may be preoccupied with the Novartis scandal, the government's top priority is clearly placing the country back on the international investment map and exploiting the positive climate that has emerged.

Conventional pundit wisdom has it that Donald Trump's "America First" approach to foreign policy - unilateral, transactional, dismissive of history - has isolated the United States like never before.

Delivery of parts of the Russian S-400 defense system will continue in coming days, the Turkish Defence Industry Directorate said on Friday.

Turkey's defense ministry had earlier said that the first parts of the S-400 defense system were delivered to Ankara on Friday. 

Turkey called on the United States on Wednesday to avoid steps harmful to bilateral relations after the US State Department spokeswoman reiterated Ankara would face "real and negative consequences" for acquiring Russian S-400 defense systems.

U.S. President Donald Trump, during a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines of the G20 summit, acknowledged Turkey's right to continue participating in the F-35 fighter jet program, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on July 4.

After a few days of intensive preparation, the 13th Annual Meeting of New Champions, organized by the World Economic Forum, known as "Summer Davos", was opened in Dalian, China's coastal town.
 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on Sunday that he scolded his French counterpart for leveling criticism against Ankara over its insistence to explore for gas off the coast of Cyprus and for hampering efforts by the European Union member-state to tap natural reserves within its exclusive economic zone.