Turkey

  • Feb 10, 2014
  • 7 min read

Turkey may become EU gas hub by the 2020s

The EU has a long-standing desire to diversify its sources of natural gas. It relies on Russia...

Turkey
  • Feb 7, 2014
  • 2 min read

Reform will serve politics more than Turkish justice

The AKP submitted a package to the Parliamentary Speaker's Office yesterday, proposing to abolish...

Turkey
  • Feb 6, 2014
  • 2 min read

Turkey's Erdogan will need large popular vote in March

Parliament yesterday approved legislation tightening government control over the internet.

Turkey
  • Feb 5, 2014
  • 2 min read

Few Turks resident in Germany will vote AKP in 2014-15

"At last, you can vote here, too," Erdogan told 4,000 Turks at a Berlin rally yesterday.

Turkey
  • Feb 4, 2014
  • 2 min read

Gezi protest trials will test Turkey's judicial system

The trial of four policemen and four others accused of beating student Ali Ismail Korkmaz so...

Turkey
  • Feb 3, 2014
  • 7 min read

Turkish risk has risen but recession may be avoided

It has been clear since mid-2013 that 'tapering' by the US Federal Reserve and political tensions...

Turkey
  • Jan 30, 2014
  • 2 min read

Erdogan's interventions will spook investors in Turkey

The lira's weakening to below 2.28/dollar in early trade this morning is being attributed to the...

Turkey
  • Jan 29, 2014
  • 7 min read

Central Europe may ride out emerging market turmoil

Turkey's Central Bank (CBRT) raised its main interest rates yesterday in an extremely aggressive...

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