Turkey

  • Sep 22, 2009
  • 2 min read

TURKEY: Basbug plea and reform unlikely to satisfy PKK

Chief of the General Staff General Ilker Basbug yesterday called on Kurdish rebels to lay down...

Turkey
  • Sep 21, 2009
  • 6 min read

TURKEY: IMF deal in doubt despite new programme

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on September 18 called on the IMF not to drag out its...

Turkey
  • Sep 16, 2009
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TURKEY: Economic plan may encourage IMF accord

Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan today announced details of the government's long-awaited...

Turkey
  • Sep 8, 2009
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EU/TURKEY: Accession remains far away

The Independent Commission on Turkey yesterday criticised slow progress in accession talks with...

Eu
  • Sep 8, 2009
  • 2 min read

TURKEY: Justice minister reduces chance of Gul trial

Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin has requested that the Appeals Court drop its case...

Turkey
  • Sep 7, 2009
  • 7 min read

TURKEY: Kurdish reforms face huge challenges

Competing government and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) initiatives to solve Turkey's Kurdish...

Turkey
  • Sep 7, 2009
  • 2 min read

TURKEY/GEORGIA: Talks on tanker skipper bear fruit

Georgia and Turkey have reached a solution to the jailing of the Turkish skipper of the...

Turkey
  • Sep 4, 2009
  • 7 min read

TURKEY: Tourism industry set to grow despite recession

A record 4.3 million foreign visitors arrived in Turkey in July, according to the latest figures...

Turkey