Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Erdogan says Turkey doesn’t support Sweden, Finland joining NATO
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. Yves Herman | Reuters Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has thrown Sweden and Finland’s potential NATO membership into doubt, just as both countries are on the cusp of applying to join the alliance […]
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Want to understand Turkey’s brutal inflation? Look at the price of plums
Shoppers stroll the aisles of a bazaar in Konya, Turkey. The country is experiencing brutal inflation, with food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rising 70.3% year over year for March. Diego Cupolo | Nurphoto | Getty Images For Turks, the humble green plum (“erik” in Turkish) represents the start of spring. An intensely sour fruit, it’s […]
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Turkish court moves Khashoggi trial to Saudi Arabia, signaling likely end of case
A demonstrator holds a poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. Osman Orsal | Reuters A Turkish court decided on Thursday to halt the trial of Saudi suspects over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and transfer it to Saudi Arabia, a […]
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