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In the meantime, “S&P, Moody’s lower Turkey’s ratings…
S&P, Moody’s lower Turkey’s ratings Hurriyet Daily News Two major global ratings agencies lowered Turkey’s ratings Aug. 17, saying they could be upgraded with certain economic improvements. Emerging markets: who’s taking the... Read more
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In a good news, Taner Kılıç of Amnesty released, as Turkey approaches EU “to buy some time before day of IMF reckoning
Taner Kilic: Amnesty Turkish chair to be released from prison BBC News | Europe | World Edition After 14 months in prison on terrorism charges, human rights activist Taner Kilic will... Read more
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Qatar comes to help, Turkey Rejects 2nd Appeal to Release U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson and Turkish leaders saves the day…
#royalwedding pic.twitter.com/hw63imZmI9 — cahi (@cahidelil) August 15, 2018 Of course, this seems to be a short period of saving face for Turkish leaders… Qatar’s emir travels to Turkey in show of... Read more
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Tragically funny boycott calls and “terror figures on social media plotting” while negotiations continue. Turkey might just release Pastor Brunson…
Erdoğan says Turkey will boycott US electronic products World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul Turkish president issues defiant response amid slide in lira fuelled by standoff with US... Read more
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Quoted in the CPJ report: “How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time
How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time By Ahmed Zidan/CPJ Digital Manager On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman, tweeted about the... Read more
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Bracing for impact (for a possible “Black Monday”) tomorrow… [ Volumes Surge on Turkey’s Crypto Exchanges as Lira Tanks]
A selection of tweets below that might give the reader some clues… Volumes Surge on Turkey’s Crypto Exchanges as Lira Tanks CoinDesk Volumes Surge on Turkey’s Crypto Exchanges as Lira Tanks CoinDesk... Read more
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As the currency crisis deepens, Turkish leaders put all the blame on foreign interventions…
The son-in-law’s presentation today was utterly ridiculous. They are just making fun of citizens… Erdogan calls on Turks to buy lira ‘in response to economic war’ – video World news: Turkey |... Read more
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Turkish leadership refuses to accept economic crisis as 1 USD reaches 5.50 TRY…
1 us $ = 5.42 Turkish Lira&1 euro = 6.28 Turkish Lira — Peter Nut (@nipped) August 9, 2018 Erdoğan: "They may have their dollars, but we have our Allah."... Read more
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A substantive piece on purged academics: “Beyond the purge: How academics in Turkey are facing up to repression by reimagining education
Beyond the purge: How academics in Turkey are facing up to repression by reimagining education Journalist Elif Ince spoke with Derya Keskin, Ulaş Bayraktar and Julia Strutz about how some... Read more
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One of the toughest times in Turkey-US relations…
In the tranquility of life in Irvine, CA, I am reading the news of Turkey and US relations that are going through one of the toughest times. And of course,... Read more
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It looks like Turkey’s one of global abduction attempts failed in Mongolia…
Turkish School Leader Abducted, and Released, in Mongolia The New York Times – Hannah Beech – Jul 28, 10:14 AM A Turkish educator in Mongolia was briefly abducted on Friday, in... Read more
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Trump explicitly threatens Turkey for the arrested priest case, let’s see how independent Turkish judiciary will react…
WP: Trump Makes Deal with Israel to Free Citizen of Turkey Bianet :: English Washington Post has reported that Trump requested citizen of Turkey Ebru Özkan from Israel for Pastor Brunson... Read more
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Hi there. Blogspot blocked and unblocked in Turkey… A judiciary roundup…
Blogspot blocked in Turkey Turkey Blocks – Jul 24, 2:50 PM The Google-owned Blogspot blogging service has been blocked in Turkey on 24 July 2018, verified by the Turkey Blocks internet... Read more
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Erdoğan puts an end to Özil drama (!): “Özil’s stance is ‘national and native’”
President Erdoğan calls Özil’s stance ‘national and native’ Hurriyet Daily News President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said German-Turkish footballer Mesut Özil has displayed a “national and native stance” by quitting the... Read more
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“Jailed MP Berberoğlu cuts all communication with all visitors in protest… A judiciary roundup…
Jailed MP Berberoğlu cuts all communication with all visitors in protest Hurriyet Daily News Jailed lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu said he would cut all communication with his family, lawyers, and fellow... Read more
