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By AFP     Mar 26, 2021 in World Turkish police on Friday detained dozens of students protesting against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a party loyalist as the head of a top Istanbul university. The student demonstrations have been running across Turkey's main cities since January, when Erdogan…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged foreign investors Wednesdays to have confidence in Turkey’s economy days after he fired his third central bank governor in less than two years, causing market upheaval. Erdogan last week dismissed central bank head Naci Agbal, who had raised investor confidence…

Google search for Bitcoin in Turkey peaked following the crash of the Turkish lira. The drop in the lira’s value came after the President of Turkey sacked the country’s central bank abruptly governor. Bitcoin Search Surge Amid Lira’s Decline Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shocked local and foreign and local…

LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey may have lost the faith of investors long weary of a cycle of unorthodox policies, analysts said, after President Tayyip Erdogan’s shock sacking of its central bank chief. FILE PHOTO: Turkey's Central Bank Governor Naci Agbal poses during an interview with Reuters in his office in…

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…