Tag: Turkey

Campaign speeches targeting Turkey’s LGBT community during last month’s election have left some living in constant fear of police raids and even planning to leave the country.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plan to meet as early as next month as they try to improve long-frosty relations between their countries, according to people familiar with the situation.

Intoxicated birds were seen acting dazed and unable to fly or even walk, while dozens died, after consuming opium poppy plants.

Turkey’s first interest rate rise since 2021 was a “baby step” towards restoring investors’ faith in the country’s financial management, fund managers said. But they said they remained sceptical that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will allow the unorthodox policies that have triggered a years-long economic crisis to be fully unwound.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may meet as early as next month as they try to improve long-frosty relations between their countries, according to people familiar with the situation.

In his choices of top officials, and with a leap in interest rates, Mr. Erdogan aims to tame inflation and defuse a looming economic crisis.