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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The Turkish currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his third central bank head in less than two years, raising concerns about a possible return to the unconventional monetary policy favored by the Turkish president as the country struggles…

Updated 2 weeks ago · Published on 21 Mar 2021 11:40PM · Protesters in Istanbul denouncing Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention against domestic violence. – EPA pic, March 21, 2021. US President Joe Biden said he was “deeply disappointed” today after Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, the world’s…

Author of the article: ISTANBUL — European leaders criticized what they called Turkey’s baffling and concerning decision to pull out of an international accord designed to protect women from violence, and urged President Tayyip Erdogan to reconsider. Erdogan’s government on Saturday withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, which it signed onto…

ISTANBUL, March 20 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan abruptly sacked Turkey’s central bank chief on Saturday, two days after a sharp interest rate hike to head off inflation, replacing him with a former ruling party lawmaker and critic of tight monetary policy. Sahap Kavcioglu, a former member of parliament for…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech after a cabinet meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 3, 2020. Adem ALTAN / AFPTurkey braced on Saturday for a new spell of financial turbulence after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked his market-friendly central bank chief and replaced him with…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ousted the governor of the central bank late Friday in a surprise move that risks plunging the country into further economic turbulence. Central bank governor Naci Agbal is the third central bank chief fired by Mr. Erdogan in less than two years as the country…

By Fulya OZERKAN (AFP)     Mar 20, 2021 in World Turkey braced on Saturday for a new spell of financial turbulence after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked his market-friendly central bank chief and replaced him with a former ruling party lawmaker. A presidential decree published late on Friday gave…

Thousands protested in Turkey on Saturday calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to withdraw from the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. Erdogan’s overnight decree annulling Turkey’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention is a blow to women’s rights advocates, who say…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US rhetoric in an apparent effort to reset the rocky relationship with his NATO allies, but so far he’s been met by silence from U.S. President Joe Biden. Nearly two months into his presidency, Biden…

Members of the Uighur minority community hold placards as they demonstrate to ask for news of their relatives and to express their concern about the ratification of an extradition treaty between China and Turkey, on 22 February 2021. There is growing concern among the Uighur diaspora in Turkey after the…