Turkey
Iraqis top list of property-buying foreigners in Turkey
A total of 2,027 properties in Turkey were sold to foreigners in July 2015, marking a 37.6 percent increase from the same month last year.
In Photos: Two Turkish women photograph butterflies as retirement hobby
Two women who lived in Istanbul have spent their retirement years taking pictures of butterflies, chasing the beautiful creatures on hills and mountains in eastern Turkey.
Turkish businesspeople looking for post-sanction opportunities
A group of Turkish businesspeople are set to head to Iran to seek emerging opportunities in the eastern neighbor on the eve of the abolition of Western sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.
Moody on the Turkish economy
My latest column, in which I argued that the Turkish Lira would continue to slide until the Central Bank intervened with a significant interest rate hike, may have seemed pessimistic. But compared to a report and article that I read over the weekend, it is actually optimistic.
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Will a 3-lira dollar lead to an economic crisis in Turkey?
Investors have been leaving Turkey for the last couple of months, pushing the lira, which plunged from 2.75 to around 2.9 in 10 days into the ground There has been an acceleration in foreign investors' exit from the Turkish market after coalition options failed, conflicts escalated in southeastern Anatolia and both the United States and Germany decided to remove their Patriot missiles fr
2 soldiers killed over weekend as PKK violence continues
One soldier has been killed in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r after outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants opened fire at gendarmerie forces guarding a hydroelectric plant while another army lieutenant also died in clashes in ??rnak.
Turkish military launches operation after PKK attack in Diyarbak?r
The Turkish military has launched an aerial campaign and land operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) after a soldier was killed and three others were injured when militants from the group opened fire at gendarmerie forces guarding a hydroelectric plant in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Kulp district early on Aug. 23.
Greek Defence Ministry denies Turkish flag was raised on Greek isle (pics)
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA), Sunday, denied reports that a Turkish swimmer had raised his country’s flag on the isle of Farmakonisi, approximately 5km off the coast of Turkey.
PKK kills one soldier, injures three in Turkey's southeast
One soldier was killed and three others were injured after militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) opened fire at gendarmerie forces guarding a hydroelectric plant in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Sur district early on Aug. 23.
Turkish PM urges Alevi leaders to be alert, while stressing need to eradicate ISIL
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has urged the Alevi community to be alert against those "who want to make brothers kill each other," while also stressing that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must be eradicated.