President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that the Russian leader will visit Turkey “soon”, Interfax cited a Kremlin aide as saying on Friday.
The Selkirk man leading earthquake relief work in Turkey
The Scot leading the UK’s humanitarian effort in devastated southern Turkey believes, after four months, the crisis is finally starting to ease. Selkirk’s Erlend Linklater oversaw the deployment of UK rescue teams in the hours after February’s earthquakes. The 48-year-old also helped establish a field hospital in the flattened Gaziantep district.
UPDATE 1-Turkey should use inflows to replenish central bank reserves -business group
Any inflows of foreign funds to Turkey should be used to replenish central bank reserves, not to strengthen the lira, a top member of leading business association TUSIAD said on Friday.
Hilarious mum exposes how Brits go from rags to riches in just days on holiday in Turkey and leaves everyone in stitches
A MUM-OF-TWO has left people in stitches after exposing how Brits go from rags to riches in just three days while on holiday in Turkey. Standup comedian Kelly Convey was just on a family …
U.S. still expects Sweden’s NATO ascension by July despite Turkey tensions, U.S. ambassador says
“Sweden has expectations. It doesn’t mean that we will comply with them,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this week.
Russia, Turkey agree on Putin visit to Turkey ‘soon’ -Ifax cites Kremlin aide
President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that the Russian leader will visit Turkey “soon”, Interfax cited a Kremlin aide as saying on Friday.
Russia, Iran, Ukraine nationals top Turkey’s real estate market for foreigners
The number of Russian, Iranian and Ukrainian real-estate buyers in Turkey has increased by 23%, official data released on Thursday showed.
Military retirees to be booted from bases in Turkey. Who’s next?
Changes at Aviano Air Base, Italy, are under review, and a cut-off of military mail privileges was announced last summer in the Phillipines, then delayed.
Crisis-mired Turkey told turning to IMF ‘cap in hand’ is only way to avoid economic disaster
By bne IntelIiNews If ever a country needed an International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported economic adjustment programme, it has to be Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey. So says Desmond Lachman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute conservative think tank,
Eight Killed In Turkey Land Dispute
At least eight people died in a shootout between two families fighting over prized agricultural land in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast, a local official said Thursday.