Nurettin Canikli

With less than two weeks to go to the convention of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the party leadership is now working on how it can best make use of its experienced politicians and whether they would run in early polls, including former Economy Minister Ali Babacan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu. 

There is plot which aims to show the Turkish economy to be worse off than it actually is by exaggerating current developments, according to Customs Minister Nurettin Canikli. 

There has recently been a dramatic rise in the inflow of unrecorded funds into Turkey, as the official figures have showed. Turkey?s capital inflows of an unknown origin reached $4.3 billion in February, the highest level since September 1998. The problem is with the non-transparent nature of this money, which could undermine the investors? confidence in the economy.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as part of his official visit to Tehran on April 7.

The trip comes amid recent tension between Ankara and Tehran over the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen.

A soldier who died in an accident during the Turkish army's operation to evacuate a historic tomb in northern Syria has been laid to rest in his hometown, the Black Sea province of Trabzon.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has postponed the passage of a new transparency package until after the coming election, following an intervention from President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, daily Hürriyet has reported, in another indication of a rift between the prime minister and the president.
 

Turkey will raise the number of custom gates with Iraq to four in order to feed the increasing demand triggered by surging trade with its neighbor, Customs and Trade Minister Nurettin Canikli has announced, despite the ongoing insurgency in Iraq. 

Turkey and Iran should invest in railways to meet trade targets, head of the Association of International Forwarding and Logistics Services Providers (UT?KAD) Turgut Erkeskin has said in reference to a new trade agreement between the two countries.

As the government has recently developed new methods to fight against border trafficking, smugglers have created new loopholes to not be caught. One of the latest methods of smugglers is known as the “twin truck method,” which has surprised customs authorities, including Customs and Trade Minister Nurettin Canikli himself.

The truck crisis between Turkey and Iran has been resolved to a large extent by a temporary suspension on sealing Turkish trucks' gas tanks at the Iranian border, and Turkey now expects this suspension to be permanent, said Customs Minister Nurettin Canikli Dec. 13.