Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party is returning to its roots, as a draft election manifesto marks a return to more orthodox, free market economic policies, after the Lira hit rock bottom
The Turkish Lira dived against the dollar this week as the Turkish state took control following the conviction of Istanbul’s Mayor, the biggest threat to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 2023 re-election. The
Influential US senator Robert Menendez called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to halt provocations in Cyprus immediately. He issued the warning in a video message to the World Conference of Cyprus Diaspora
By Craig Erlam A plethora of central bank meetings and the maintenance completion of Nord Stream 1 have guaranteed another frantic session in financial markets on Thursday. The resumption of gas flows
You know the world is in turmoil with the war in Europe, tempers frayed in the Aegean, the cost of living is no longer sufferable, and climate change will fry us all.
The Cyprus Journalists Union has condemned the jail sentence – in absentia – handed to Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent for insulting Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Head of the CJU
The news that Turkey and Armenia had a first round of talks in Moscow to establish diplomatic relations and open their borders reminded me of the phrase “a wind of change” used
The Turkish lira remains volatile as traders digested measures proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish central bank to guard local currency savings against the drop in value. On Tuesday, the
The Turkish Lira has reached another record low, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refers to Islamic usury doctrine to defend his insistence on his unorthodox low-rates policy. The currency, which has lost
Markets did not take well to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointing Nureddin Nebati, a strong supporter of his low-interest rate drive as minister of Treasury and Finance on Thursday, as the Turkish
