President Erdogan is calculating he can ride out the upheaval caused by the arrest of his top rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
Foreign investors wary of Turkey despite $25bn of lira intervention
Traders fear Erdoğan could fire central bank governor and finance minister who have helped stabilise country’s markets …
Tufts student from Turkey threated with deportation, latest Palestinian supporter swept up in crackdown
U.S. government lawyers said Thursday that 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk, a doctoral student at Tufts University, had been moved out of Massachusetts by the time her lawyer went to court and a judge ordered her to be kept in the state.
Turkey economy faces confidence crisis after Imamoglu arrest
After Turkey’s President Erdogan arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, stocks and the national currency have plummeted. Erdogan is now desperately trying to calm the market turmoil.
Police use force to break up protests at a university in Turkey’s capital
ISTANBUL (AP) — Police used pepper spray, plastic pellets and water cannon against protesters in Turkey’s capital early Thursday, the latest clash in the country’s biggest anti-government protests in over a decade.
BBC’s Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests
Mark Lowen was covering the protests in Istanbul when he was arrested and later deported back to the UK, the BBC has said.
Turkey opposition says protests will continue until jailed mayor is freed
The head of Turkey’s main opposition party has told the BBC that protests will continue “in every city” until either early presidential elections are called, or the jailed mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem …
Turkey says Chery Auto’s partners to invest $1 bln in plant to make 200,000 cars/year
Chinese carmaker Chery will invest $1 billion in Turkey on a manufacturing facility in northern Samsun province with an annual 200,000 vehicle capacity, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday.
Rubio calls on Turkey for support in seeking peace in Ukraine
The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio “requested Turkey’s support for peace in Ukraine” during his first meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Erdogan accuses the opposition of wrecking Turkey’s economy during protests over mayor’s jailing
Turkey’s president has accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in more than a decade.