Turkey’s local-currency bonds, long abandoned by overseas investors, saw the biggest inflow in at least three years last week, as foreigners roughly doubled their holdings from all-time lows. Foreign …
Women’s volleyball team attacked in Turkey, days after football referee punched by club president
The team’s president accused ‘an abnormal crowd, mainly men’ of throwing both glass and plastic bottles at his team
Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee fatal accident in Turkey and should return to court
Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee Turkey after he was involved in a fatal highway crash in Istanbul, and adds that he has advised his son to go back and present himself to court following the issuance of an arrest warrant.
US Sanctions China, Turkey and UAE Firms for Supporting Russia
The US Treasury and State Departments sanctioned more than 250 companies and individuals in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, alleging that their continuing support for Russia has been crucial to sustaining its invasion of Ukraine.
New sanctions from the US and Britain target Hamas officials who help manage its financial network
The list included individuals based in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Turkey. Among them was Ismail Barhum, who the Treasury Department said in a statement was a member of the Gaza Strip Political …
TRY/USD Forecast: Unemployment Rates In Turkey Fell
Investors followed the data issued by the Statistics Institute in Turkey yesterday, which revealed that the unemployment rate in Turkey declined last October to 8.5 percent, bringing unemployment to its lowest level since November 2012. In general …
Turkish referee attack is crisis that goes beyond football
The violent attack on elite referee Halil Umut Meler has left Turkish football in a full-blown crisis and magnified concerns about Turkey’s institutions. The referee was treated in hospital after he was punched in the face by MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca,
Talking turkey: a ‘crazy time’ of year as farmers prepare for festive feasts
“Fintan can’t come to the phone now; he’s up to his elbows in feathers,” says the voice on the end of the call to Hogan’s Turkey Farm in Kells, Co Meath. When the owner of the family farm can eventually talk turkey, he is frazzled by what he describes as the demands of “a crazy time”.
Attack on referee sums up Turkey’s toxic attitude towards officials
Club directors and fans have bought into the idea all referees are corrupt but the men in black could at least begin to explain on-field decisions
Turkish referee attack leaves crisis that goes beyond football
One of Turkey’s top football officials may quit the game after he was physically attacked on the pitch by the president of an Ankara club and its fans. The violent attack on elite referee Halil Umut Meler has left Turkish football in full-blown crisis and magnified concerns about Turkey’s institutions.