Tag: Turkey
The Turkish lira hit new lows on Thursday as Turkey continues to face economic uncertainty with the lira continuing to fall and inflation rising. With a continued lack of foreign investment and tourism levels down ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that Turkey has restarted a search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean, accusing neighboring Greece of failing to keep its promises. “We have resumed the drilling activity. We ...
CYPRUS said yesterday that a new military pact with France will see joint training programmes and “bolster security at sea” as well as involve the purchase of hundreds of millions of euros’ worth of French ...
Egypt said on Saturday that part of a seismic survey planned by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean potentially encroached on waters where Cairo claims exclusive rights. An advisory issued last month by Turkey for the ...
The Turkish army executed a senior general within its ranks after he had discovered the embezzlement of illicit Qatari funding for extremists in Syria by public officials, according to a 2019 court testimony unveiled in ...
The United States has recently sanctioned a key financial supporter for ISIS inside Turkey, according to a statement from the US Treasury Department. Washington has accused Turkey of “undermining” the fight against ISIS last year ...
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on the Turkish government to investigate “serious abuses” allegedly committed by police and “nightwatchmen” against more than a dozen people in the southeast and in Istanbul. “The cases illustrate ...
Turkey’s parliament passed a law regulating social media on Wednesday, that critics said will increase censorship and help authorities silence dissent. President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party, which has a majority with an allied nationalist ...
A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent, critics including a UN body said this ...
A Russian Su-24 fighter lands on a Libyan airfield. (US African Command reconnaissance photo) Today, Turkey and Russia stand on opposing sides of the next battle line in Libya’s escalating civil war. But even if ...