ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank said on Thursday it delivered a surprise interest rate cut to drive economic growth and sustain employment amid growing geopolitical risk, adding rising loan…
LONDON – A Russian state news agency said on Tuesday that Russia and Turkey had signed a contract to ship Ankara a second batch of S-400 air defence systems, but…
ANKARA – The original contract Turkey signed with Russia for the purchase of S-400 systems included two regiments, a Turkish official said, adding that there were no new agreements, following…
ATHENS -Greek police said on Monday afternoon they had located 38 Syrian refugees in the Lavara area of Evros, among them one pregnant woman and seven children. The refugees had…
ISTANBUL – The first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a U.N.-brokered deal arrived in Istanbul on Sunday, the Joint Coordination Centre based in the Turkish city, said.…
ANKARA -Two more ships carrying grain left from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Saturday, Turkey’s defence ministry said, bringing the total number of vessels to depart the country under a…
STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s government has decided to extradite a man to Turkey wanted for fraud, it said on Thursday, the first case since Turkey demanded a number of people extradited…
BOSTON – A former Cambridge man pleaded guilty today in Boston in connection with his scheme to illegally export defense technical data to foreign nationals in Turkey for the fraudulent…
By Ceyda Caglayan ISTANBUL – Western sanctions have given the Turkish metals sector a chance to serve as “warehouse and bridge”, the head of an industry group said, citing increased…
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Orhan Coskun ANKARA – Turkey will stick to policies that allow only net exporters to access cheap lira loans and may toughen rules further despite a…
GENEVA -The European Union received a largely favourable ruling in its trade dispute with Turkey on Monday in the first appeal settled by arbitration to circumvent problems at the World…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would create a new hurdle for President Joe Biden’s plan to sell F-16 fighter jets…
ANKARA – Turkey’s RTUK media watchdog has blocked access to U.S.-based Voice of America and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle for not applying for the licenses it requests, a member of…
By Orhan Coskun and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA – A NATO summit this week is unlikely to see a breakthrough to overcome Turkey’s opposition to Sweden and Finland’s membership bids as…
By Robin Emmott and Humeyra Pamuk MADRID – NATO leaders will urge Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to lift his veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance…
ISTANBUL -Turkey on Friday restricted lending to many companies with more than $1 million in foreign currency cash, the latest step to reverse a tumbling foreign-exchange rate by squeezing banks…
ISTANBUL – Goldman Sachs said on Friday it expects annual inflation in Turkey to reach almost 80% before easing to 60% by the end of 2022, thanks to so-called favourable…
By Ceyda Caglayan and Ebru Tuncay ISTANBUL – The operator of Istanbul’s second-largest airport Sabiha Gokcen is seeking relief from its current contract after the pandemic hit and is close…
By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira has lost nearly a quarter of its value this year as soaring inflation and the central bank’s reluctance to raise interest rates stoke…
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Orhan Coskun AMMAN/ANKARA – Russia and Syrian government forces have been bolstered in northern Syria where Turkey may soon launch an offensive against Kurdish fighters, Turkish…
AMMAN – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday they would coordinate with Syrian government troops to fend off any Turkish invasion of the north, and protect Syrian territory.…
HELSINKI -Finland and Sweden said on Wednesday they would continue a dialogue with Turkey over their bids for NATO membership, but did not say whether there had been progress on…
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Anne Kauranen ANKARA/HELSINKI -Finland and Sweden should change their laws if needed to meet Turkey’s demands and win its backing for their bid to join NATO,…
HARRISBURG, PA- The Brecknock Township Police Department is looking to identify the suspect of an armed robbery that took place last Wednesday. The suspect robbed the Turkey Hill on New Holland…
ISTANBUL – Turkey has told allies that it will reject Sweden and Finland’s membership to NATO, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a video posted on his Twitter account on…