ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in a call on Sunday that Ankara was worried about the potential spread and escalation of…
By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish parliament’s general assembly is set to debate Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday, three sources from parliament said. After likely full parliamentary…
By Nevzat Devranoglu NEW YORK/ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey is committed to achieving disinflation, central bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan told investors on Thursday while anticipating the completion of the monetary policy…
By Ebru Tuncay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Some Turkish banks have begun to cut their lira deposit rates to ease pressure on margins, banking sources said, after rising interest rates during…
By Daren Butler and Birsen Altayli ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s steps to promote traditional moral values in students, increase Islamic lessons and open prayer rooms in schools are fuelling secularist…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Airlines (THY) on Saturday held talks with Airbus to discuss a potential order of 355 new aircraft, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. During the meeting,…
Turkish President Claims US Carrier Group Will Commit ‘Very Serious Massacres’ In Gaza Harold Hutchison on October 10, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed during a press conference on…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish annual consumer price inflation climbed to 61.53% in September, official data showed on Tuesday, just below expectations and rising for a third consecutive month in response to…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish factory activity contracted for the third consecutive month in September, although only very slightly due to a less pronounced slowdown in output and new orders, a…
By Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish central bank’s net international reserves rose by more than $6 billion last week to about $24 billion, four bankers said on Tuesday,…
LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan doubled its Turkish rate-hike forecasts for the coming months on Thursday, predicting that fiscal spending plans and higher inflation would see them go up by another…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish factory activity contracted for a second month in August due to a slowdown in new orders as firms faced challenges securing business, a survey showed on…
By Orhan Coskun and Karin Strohecker ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) – Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek will attend a meeting with investors being held by…
(Reuters) – Reuters said on Monday it has appealed a Turkish court order to remove a news article on the agency’s website that said U.S. and Swedish prosecutors are studying…
LONDON (Reuters) – Analysts at leading investment banks expect Turkey’s new economic chiefs to start ramping up interest rates next week as part of a major reset of the country’s…
By Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank signalled at a meeting with senior bankers that it would respond positively to the banks’ requests to soften some measures which…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court acquitted three people over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s escape via Istanbul to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a lawyer for one of the defendants…
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Ebru Tuncay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish banks have restricted access to some individual loans and postponed decisions on extending corporate loans following new regulations introduced since…
By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira weakened to a record low against the dollar on Thursday, after incumbent Tayyip Erdogan’s lead in presidential elections surprised markets, while the…
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Hopes among investors of a surge in Turkish markets evaporated on Monday after long-standing President Tayyip Erdogan took a commanding position in Turkey’s elections.…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Airlines (THY) will order a total of 600 new aircraft in June and they will be delivered within ten years, company chairman Ahmet Bolat said on…
By Birsen Altayli and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish university student Yunus Efe has known only one leader of his country – Tayyip Erdogan. As he prepares to vote…
LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it was “cautious” on Turkish banks heading into the May 14 election, with lenders more vulnerable than the country’s other stocks to…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Growth in new orders and output helped Turkish factory activity expand at a faster pace in April, as the sector continued its recovery in the wake of…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central government budget recorded a deficit of 47.22 billion lira ($2.46 billion) in March, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, while the cumulative deficit for 2023…