White Turkey Deli dishes out $30K in surprise lottery hit
NEW MILFORD, CT — A Connecticut Lottery player has won a $30,000 prize on the 30X Cash 10th Edition scratch-off game, according to official lottery results posted on May 22. The winning…
Iraq oil minister in Turkey to discuss resuming northern oil exports -sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara to discuss several issues including the resumption of oil exports through the Ceyhan oil terminal, a source in…
Turkey curbs credit card use for foreign travel, in blow to sector
By Ceyda Caglayan ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s banking watchdog has stopped allowing credit card payments by instalment for foreign travel, such as flights, travel agency fees and accommodation, in a step seen…
Turkey quake contributed to $43 billion in H1 insurance losses – Munich Re
BERLIN (Reuters) – A deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria as well as tornadoes and hailstorms in the United States contributed to losses covered by insurance of $43 billion in the first…
Turkey policy moves are steps in right direction – EBRD official
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Zeynep Berkem ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s latest monetary and fiscal moves are steps in the right direction, though regaining credibility in economic policy remains a challenge, a European…
JPMorgan ups Turkey inflation, growth forecasts after rates decision
LONDON (Reuters) – Wall Street bank JPMorgan revised both its growth and inflation outlooks for Turkey upwards after the central bank delivered a smaller-than-expected interest rate hike on Thursday. JPMorgan forecast that…
‘Blackmail’: Biden Admin Conveniently Approves Transfer Of Fighter Jets To Turkey After It Approves Sweden’s NATO Bid
‘Blackmail’: Biden Admin Conveniently Approves Transfer Of Fighter Jets To Turkey After It Approves Sweden’s NATO Bid Jake Smith on July 11, 2023 The Biden administration approved the transfer of F-16 fighter…
US Sen. Menendez says he is talking with Biden administration on F-16 sales to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez on Monday said there was a temporary “lull” in Turkey’s “aggression against its neighbors” and said he is in talks with…
Turkey aims to ensure fiscal discipline and lower budget deficit -Finance Minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is taking measures to re-establish fiscal discipline and control the level of the budget deficit, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Sunday. The budget deficit for the first…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey on war’s 500th day
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine’s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered…
Hungary foreign minister says he was in touch with Turkey on Sweden’s NATO bid
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that he had been in touch with his Turkish counterpart about a ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership and if there…
Turkey pledges to keep tightening until inflation outlook improves
By Orhan Coskun, Ezgi Erkoyun and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will continue its monetary policy U-turn, which began with a sharp post-election rate hike last month, until the inflation outlook…
Smaller-than-expected Turkey rate hike hits lira, bonds
LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s new central bank governor Hafize Gaye Erkan delivered a smaller-than-expected interest rate hike at her first rate meeting on Thursday, sending the lira and the country’s dollar-denominated sovereign…
Turkey to tackle inflation, follow free market rules – VP
By Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey will take steps to lower inflation and will follow free market rules as it acts to raise competitiveness and productivity, Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on…
Man, child charged for turkey poaching
HANCOCK, MD – Jeffery Lynn McCarty, 57, of Hancock, was issued a total of 16 citations by the Maryland Natural Resources Police for various hunting violations. McCarty and a juvenile were apprehended…
JPMorgan expects Turkey central bank to lift rates to 25% on June 22
LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan said on Monday it expects Turkey’s central bank to hike interest rates to 25% from the current 8.5% at its June meeting, adding this could come with forward…
Goldman Sachs: “Fully orthodox” policy maker could raise Turkey rates to 40%
LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Friday the appointments of Mehmet Simsek as Turkish finance minister and Hafize Gaye Erkan as central bank governor suggested a widespread understanding in the new…
Erdogan names Erkan to head Turkey central bank, policy pivot expected
By Daren Butler and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan, a finance executive in the United States, to head Turkey’s central bank, which is widely…
Lira hits record low as Turkey prepares for new cabinet
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey’s lira tumbled on Wednesday to a fresh record low against the dollar as President Tayyip Erdogan prepared to decide the shape of his new cabinet and the direction of…
Turkey wants action from NATO hopeful Sweden over flag incident
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey called on NATO hopeful Sweden on Tuesday to prosecute those responsible for projecting the flag of an outlawed group onto the parliament building in Stockholm, on the day…
Turkey initial results show Erdogan with edge in runoff
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan led Turkey’s runoff election with 54.78% support based on Sunday’s initial results versus challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu with 45.22%, with 67% of ballot boxes opened, according to…
Erdogan defies predictions of political demise ahead of Turkey election runoff
By Can Sezer and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan has defied forecasts of his political demise in Turkey’s elections, rallying voters with a potent mix of religious conservatism and…
Erdogan rival pledges to repatriate all refugees before Turkey runoff
ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan’s challenger in Turkey’s presidential race has sharpened his tone on migrants on Thursday, vowing to send all migrants back to their countries once elected in a May…
Marketmind: Debt ceiling jitters, Turkey vote, Soros ditches Tesla
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper. Time is running out to break the impasse on the U.S. government borrowing limit. President Joe…
Explosion, fire at Penn Township turkey barn, no injuries reported, livestock unharmed
PENN TOWNSHIP, PA – At 2:20 AM on Monday, NLCRPD Officers responded to a structure fire in the 300 block of E. Lexington Road. Police said the property owner heard an explosion…
Turkey cenbank gross reserves seen down $5 billion last week -bankers
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish central bank total gross reserves are expected to have fallen more than $5 billion to about $116 billion last week due to rising foreign currency demand as May…
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