President Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish lira's free-fall rocks equity markets, euro falls

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 - 07:44 GMT

A plunge in the Turkish lira rocked global equities and emerging markets on Friday and fear of more turmoil sent investors scurrying for safety in assets like the yen and U.S. government bonds.

Oil rises to 26-month high; Turkey threatens to cut Kurdistan oil pipeline

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 - 07:51 GMT

Oil prices took a breather on Tuesday after Brent crude earlier rose to a 26-month high, supported by Turkey’s threat to cut crude flows from Iraq’s Kurdistan.

Turkey jails local head of Amnesty pending trial in post-coup probe -group

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 - 02:07 GMT

Turkish authorities jailed local chairman of Amnesty International pending trial over charges of "membership of a terrorist organisation"

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