11.8 C
Frankfurt am Main
- Advertisement -spot_img

ARCHIVE

Yearly Archives: 2020

Turkey posts yet another current account deficit in October

Turkey’s current account remained in deficit for the 11th month in a row amid a deteriorating trade balance, Bloomberg reported. The gap in Turkey’s current-account...

Turkey bars access to news reports on AKP-era corruption documents at İstanbul Municipality

An İstanbul court has blocked access to news reports covering the first file on alleged corruption in the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) during Justice...

Turkey now 8th in the world for highest number of COVID-19 cases

Turkey has moved into 8th place worldwide in terms of highest number of COVID-19 cases since Turkey’s Health Ministry began last month reporting the number...

Social media giants slapped with second hefty fine under controversial law

Turkey has again imposed fines, this time in the amount of TL 30 million ($3.8 million) each, on social media giants such as Facebook,...

Exiled tycoon says Turkish gov’t members to appear in int’l courts over unlawful confiscations

Cevheri Güven Exiled Turkish businessman Akın İpek has said members of the Turkish government and judiciary who are behind the confiscation of his family’s assets...

NATO chief advises ‘positive approach’ toward Turkey ahead of key EU summit

Speaking at a press conference ahead of a key European Union summit on Thursday that will consider sanctions on Turkey over its actions in...

Turkey sees wholesale exit of private assets overseas, says opposition MP

An opposition lawmaker has announced that Turkey saw the biggest decline in private wealth in the world, with a total of 17,100 individuals having...

Violence prevails in Turkey as homicide convictions increase by 532 percent in a decade: report

Turkey saw a more than fivefold increase in the number of homicide convictions between 2009-2019, according to a report by an opposition deputy on...

Thousands of businesses in İstanbul, Ankara halt operations amid COVID-19

A total of 20,000 businesses in İstanbul and 15,000 in the Turkish capital city of Ankara have had to halt operations, some permanently, due...

116-year-old Turkish woman beats the coronavirus

Fatma Akyüz, a 116-year-old Turkish woman who lives in the northeastern province of Artvin, has managed to survive a coronavirus infection, according to Turkish...

Turkey’s unemployment slightly down in September, standing at 12.7 percent

Turkey's unemployment rate fell by 1.1 percentage points year-on-year to 12.7 percent in September, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced on Thursday. The country’s unemployment...

German, Greek MEPs urge Merkel to halt delivery of submarines to Turkey

A joint letter signed on Wednesday by 53 German and Greek members of the European Parliament urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to halt the delivery...

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img