Tag: Government / Politics
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States has informed Turkey that two of its warships will pass through Turkish straits to be deployed in the Black Sea until May 4, Ankara said on Friday, as Russia ...
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday accused Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of humiliating European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week and said it is important to be frank with ...
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey called in China’s ambassador on Tuesday after his embassy said it had “the right to respond” to opposition leaders who criticised China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims three decades ago. The politicians, IYI ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to oust Turkey’s central bank chief entrenches his unorthodox view that high rates cause inflation and came shockingly early in Naci Agbal’s stint as governor, a top Fitch ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has approved development plans for a huge canal on the edge of Istanbul, Environment Minister Murat Kurum said on Saturday, advancing a project which has attracted criticism over its cost and ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Thursday as Uighur Muslims protested against the treatment of their ethnic kin in the farwestern Chinese ...
LONDON (Reuters) – Credit ratings agency S&P Global said the risks of Turkey implementing capital controls were “elevated” but not the firm’s baseline scenario after the sudden sacking of the country’s central bank chief sent ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and Europe have criticised a move by Turkey towards banning the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a week before EU leaders are due to discuss strained relations with Ankara ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament is set to consider legal bids to lift the immunity from prosecution of 21 pro-Kurdish MPs, applying more pressure on a political party targeted in a years-long crackdown and that ...
(Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday called on Turkey to immediately release philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been detained for more than three years without conviction. “The specious charges against Kavala, his ongoing detention, ...
