Mehmet Şimşek

Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmuş on March 15 inaugurated a new branch of a Turkey-based cultural institute in the Russian capital Moscow.

Turkey will prioritize lowering inflation to single digits and keeping the current account deficit under control while advancing reforms to boost growth and make the economy resistant to shocks, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has told Reuters. 

Two new initiatives by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will enable Turkey to have closer dialogue with emerging Islamic countries, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Feb. 12.

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek made calls for investment in Turkey while addressing a meeting late on Jan. 25 in Davos, Switzerland.

Turkey’s state-run lender Halkbank is working closely with the U.S. Treasury and Justice Department, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Jan. 24, after a U.S. jury found one of its executives guilty in an Iran sanctions-busting trial.

Turkey’s military operation in Syria’s Afrin region will have a “very limited impact on the Turkish economy and budget,” Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Jan. 22.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek and Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci are set to attend an annual high-profile meeting in Switzerland next week with the agenda of “creating a shared future in a fractured world.”

Any fine levied against Halkbank by the United States will be paid by the bank itself and not the Turkish Treasury, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has stated.

Beşiktaş striker Cenk Tosun’s possible contract with English Premier League club Everton, a deal worth 25 million sterling according to media reports, “will help Turkey cut its current account deficit,” Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has suggested.

Turkey has carried out over 70 projects in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since 2005, Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu has said.