President Tayyip Erdogan said he has “high hopes” for investment and finance as he left on Monday for a trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as Turkey looks to ease budget strains, …
Turkey’s Erdogan heads to Gulf seeking funds for ailing economy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is beginning a three-stop tour of Gulf states to raise trade and investment for Turkey’s floundering economy.
Turkey: helicopters drop water on raging wildfires threatening residential areas – video
Wildfires threaten Turkey’s southwestern city of Hatay
Indonesia, Turkey pledge stronger economic ties
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met for bilateral talks on Saturday on the sidelines of a series of ASEAN high-level meetings in Jakarta, with …
Turkey triples petrol taxes as Erdoğan tries to repair public finances
Tighter fiscal policy is part of a multipronged effort by finance minister Mehmet Şimşek, who was appointed in June, to pull Turkey’s economy back on to a sustainable path. Erdoğan launched a big …
Turkey quake survivors’ latest menace — dust
The excavator tore into the remnants of the damaged building in southeast Turkey, bringing it crashing down into a cloud of dust — the latest menace facing survivors of the deadly February quake that …
Could Turkey’s EU bid come back from the dead?
Most EU member states have considered Turkey’s EU accession bid dead, but they have not made a point of saying it publicly out of concern that that would further alienate Erdoğan and make improvements …
As Turkey grapples with deficit, Erdogan pins his hopes on Gulf funds during visit
Ankara is hoping for an inflow of Gulf dollars as the battered lira remains under pressure amid a gaping budget deficit and reluctance to take firmer measures to tame inflation.
UN says the Damascus-proposed conditions for aid delivery to northwest Syria are ‘unacceptable’
The United Nations agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria as …
Turkey’s deepening economic crisis prompts Erdogan to look West
Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a big step this week to warm relations with the West, in a quick political pivot that comes as Turkey’s president looks for solutions to a long and worsening economic crisis.