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Turkish currency continues to lose value vs. US dollarF

Arezki’s Take @arezkid#1Country1Minute: #Turkey voted #Erdogan for another term, #investors hate it ♬ original sound - Arezki By Fulya Ozerkan: The Turkish lira sank to a new low against the dollar on Wednesday, more than a week after the re-election of President...

Turkiye: Turkish media watchdog punished pro-opposition TV channelsF

Turkey's journalists' association on Wednesday criticised fines imposed by the country's media regulator on four pro-opposition television channels during the election campaign, saying they "penalise the public's right to information". The Supreme Council of Radio and...

Sweden still needs Turkey and Hungary’s approval to join NATOF

Washington on Wednesday urged Turkey and Hungary to quickly ratify Sweden's NATO membership bid, which has been blocked for months due to a series of disputes with the two nations. "We look forward to soon welcoming Sweden as the 32nd (member of NATO). And to be...

Turkey arrests founder of cryptocurrency exchange ThodexF

Thodex, suspected of having fled Turkey with the assets of his clients, arrived in Istanbul on Thursday after his extradition from Albania and was immediately taken into custody, officials said. Fugitive businessman Faruk Fatih Ozer is suspected of having fled Turkey...

Turkish banks abandon use of Russia’s card payment system MirF

By Fulya Ozerkan: Turkey's booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that the last three banks still processing Russian card payments were pulling out under pressure from Washington. The decision follows weeks of...

Turkey accuses rights activists and RSF rep of terrorismF

Turkey on Wednesday opened the retrial of the country's Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative and two other human rights defenders on terror charges that their supporters call "judicial harassment".  RSF's Turkey representative Erol Onderoglu and his...

Turkey: Controversial appointment of new university chief pivots to international affairs and LGBT issuesF

Turkey on Thursday rejected US criticism over mass detentions of students during a month of escalating protests, telling Washington not to interfere in its internal affairs. Hundreds of students and their supporters were detained this week after police violently...

Greece and Turkey seek to appease tension with first direct talks in five yearsF

Greece and Turkey bowed to EU pressure on Monday and locked horns in the first direct talks in nearly five years over their explosive eastern Mediterranean standoff.  The three-and-a-half hour meeting ended without a breakthrough after the uneasy NATO neighbours'...

Turkey seeking to ease tension with Europe, braces for new US administrationF

Facing a potentially hostile US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to break his isolation by mending EU relations, torn by what the bloc views as his bellicose foreign policy. Ties between Ankara and Brussels have plunged to a nadir not...

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