Turkey
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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Turkey wants to be neutral in the Ukraine war. But a treaty from 1936 has it on a tightrope
A Russian submarine passes Istanbul as it transits the Bosporus in February 2022. Turkey is the gatekeeper between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images There’s a Turkish saying, “Did your ships sink in the Black Sea?” The expression is asked when a person is lost in thought, trying […]
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We have to make sustainability commitments that we don’t know how we’re going to meet, CEO says
Companies have to set sustainability goals even if they don’t know how they’ll achieve them, the head of a white goods company told CNBC. “We have to make commitments that we don’t know how we’re going to meet, we have to commit to investing in technology and innovation and set the bar so high that […]
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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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