455,000 Turkish card details put up for sale, web skimmers suspected ZDNet – Catalin Cimpanu – Dec 11, 9:00 AM This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, offers a detailed look at how to build risk management policies to protect your critical digital assets. Details for more than 455,000 Turkish payment cards are currently … Read more
Turkish lira briefly drops 10 percent in Asia flash crash | Ahval The Turkish lira dived almost 10 percent against the dollar on Monday as a flash crash in the lira- Exchange Rate of US Dollar Hits 6.39 TRY, Falls Back to 5.80 Bianet :: English Shortly after transactions started in Asian markets earlier today, … Read more
This time not Qatar but China seemed to have saved Erdoğan’s government: Turkey Got $1 Billion From China Swap in June Boost to Reserves Bloomberg – Kerim Karakaya – Aug 9, 5:54 AM Turkey received around $1 billion worth of funds from China in June under a swap agreement that dates back to 2012, two people … Read more
Turkey removes central bank governor, appoints deputy: official gazette Reuters – Reuters Editorial – Jul 5, 7:32 PM ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey removed its central bank governor early on Saturday and replaced him with the bank’s deputy governor, a presidential decree published on the official gazette showed. Murat Cetinkaya was removed from the governor role and … Read more
Turkish Prosecutor Requests Jail for Two Bloomberg Reporters Bloomberg – Jun 13, 1:24 PM 36 others charged for comments about economy on social media Charges relate to August 2018 news story amid lira meltdown A Turkish court accepted an indictment from a prosecutor requesting a jail term of between two and five years for two Bloomberg … Read more
Not because of privacy issues or labor exploitation, the Turkish government is after the cab drivers’ votes in Istanbul. Apparently, AKP leaders believe young consumers or upper-middle-class constituencies are already lost.. Uber Halts UberXL Services in Istanbul After Government Pressure Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc., subject of physical and legal battles with Turkish cab drivers and authorities, has … Read more
Solidarity with Academics for Peace imprisoned in Turkey Index on Censorship – Index – May 17, 10:21 AM “Turkey is incarcerating its academics!” This is what Tuna Altınel (Claude Bernard University of Lyon 1, France) wrote to the European solidarity networks on 8 May 2019, as Füsun Üstel was taken into prison in Can social … Read more
visual source UN Report via Reddit Check out the corruption map, Turkey not at the lowest- yet.
Turkish lira may slide to 6.2 per dollar as political tensions persist | Ahval Turkey’s lira may weaken to 6.2 per dollar after the central bank softened its stance on inflation… Turkish lira drops to six-month low on U.S. spat, Iranian oil ban | Ahval Turkey’s embattled lira fell to the lowest levels against the … Read more
I was passing through Washington DC when I heard the news that Mr. Albarak and his entourage are in town to ask for investments in Turkey. Not a single person I met uttered a positive comment about his performance. Such a pity. Lira continues to fall, there is the decade long record of employment rate … Read more
My educated guess is that rich Turkish family “pleaded” on behalf of Turkish authorities to keep their investments back in Turkey safe… Panelists noted that Columbia has a center in Istanbul and also is home to a Turkish studies center founded several years ago with a $10 million gift from the family of a Turkish businessman. Columbia University’s cancelation … Read more
Turkey may be the spark that lights a fire in the world economy | Larry Elliott World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Larry Elliott, Erdoğan’s costly move against currency speculators could prove to have major ripple effects Turkey ‘to shore up lira via tight supply’ through local polls Al Jazeera English (In Depth) Ankara’s stop-gap move … Read more
Turkey Enters Recession, a Blow for Erdogan as Elections Near NYT > Turkey by By CARLOTTA GALL / Turkish government figures show two consecutive quarters of declining growth amid falling investor confidence, shrinking investment and rising prices. Turkey slides into recession as lira crisis, rate rises take toll The Financial Times – Laura Pitel in Ankara – Mar … Read more
Turkey Ranks Worse in Rule of Law Index Bianet :: English Turkey has ranked 109th in the WJP Rule of Law Index 2019, marking a degrade of eight ranks when compared to 2018. It has ranked the last among 13 countries in the group of Eastern European and Central Asian countries. Turkey refuses accreditation renewal for … Read more
I wish they did not squeeze them that close. I believe there is a chance this can become a park or something… Fate of castles in the air in Turkey’s £151m ghost town World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Bethan McKernan in Istanbul Drone footage of 300 chateaux in abandoned development lays bare challenges facing Turkish economy … Read more