Government of Turkey

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu warned the government over what he called "unplanned" economic policies in Turkey.

With Istanbul Finance Center, a project expected to be launched by early 2022, Turkey targets to be a hub for Islamic finance, the nation's president said on Oct. 21.

TRT World Forum 2021, which is being held online on the 19th and 20th of October, with the theme "Power and Paradox: Understanding Grand Strategy in the 21st Century", continues with the participation of experts. Sessions and issues discussed in the first day of Forum have been followed with interest.

TUSIAD President Simone Kaslowski. Photo: TUSIAD

"The independence of regulatory and supervisory institutions, the Central Bank in particular, should be unquestionable," Tuncay Ozilhan, president of the Advisory Council of TUSIAD said at a TUSIAD event.

Montenegro believes Turkey has the potential to be among the top five investors in the country, its economic development minister said recently.

Jakov Milatovic said he believes economic links between Turkey and Montenegro can become even stronger.

With the theme "Power and Paradox: Understanding Grand Strategy in the 21st Century", TRT World Forum, which will be held on the 19th and 20th of October, has started today at 12.00 pm with the opening speech delivered by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Embassies of Turkey's Western allies, including the United States and Germany, called on Monday for the "urgent release" of philanthropist Osman Kavala, in an intervention Ankara described as "unacceptable", Reuters reports on Anadolu agency's news.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Oct. 18 Turkey forecasts ending the year 2021 with a 9% economic growth.

"While most of the G20 countries threw in the towel in 2020 at the peak of the pandemic, we became the second-largest growing country among them by expanding 1.8%," he said, speaking at Turkey-Angola Business Forum.

The U.S. remains in active consultations with Turkey over resolving an ongoing row concerning Ankara's expulsion from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the State Department said on Oct. 18.

Spokesman Ned Price said the Biden administration is engaged with Turkey over "an F-35 dispute resolution," but said he would not "prejudge the outcome of" those discussions.

Lawyers of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Oct. 18 regarding the allegation of "political murders" by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and İYİ (Good) Party executives.