Turkey summons Kuwaiti ambassador over threatening remarks
The Foreign Ministry summoned Kuwaiti Ambassador to Turkey Abdullah Abdulaziz al-Duwaikh on Thursday in connection with an incident in which Kuwaiti diplomats assaulted a Turkish pilot last week and subsequent remarks made by the ambassador, Today's Zaman ...
Islamic State Seizes Villages in Syria Near Turkey Border
Men walk past a damaged building in Raqqa, an Islamic State power base in Syria, Sept. 8. (Reuters/Stringer) Islamic State fighters encircled a Kurdish city in northern Syria near the border with Turkey on Thursday after seizing 21 villages in a major ...
Turkey’s Asya in freefall evokes African Bank as investors exit
Istanbul: The stock and bond market rout at Turkey’s Bank Asya is starting to resemble the investor panic that overwhelmed African Bank Investments Ltd last month. The Islamic lender has lost more than half its market value since trading resumed on 15 ...
Turkey: From regional to global player with G20
World Economic Forum Director Nicholas Davis praises Turkey's role in the world, saying it has become a more significant global player LONDON By Gokhan Kurtaran and Bahattin Gonultas Turkey has undoubtedly become a more significant player on the global ...
Turkey's Bank Asya Shares Suspended From Trading Again
ISTANBUL—Turkish regulators suspended trading in the shares of Asya Katilim Bankasi AS ASYAB.IS +7.81% Asya Katilim Bankasi A.S. Turkey: Istanbul TRY 0.69 +0.05 +7.81% Sept. 18, 2014 3:50 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 37.90M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap TRY576 ...
Why NATO ally Turkey won't fight with US against Islamic State
Istanbul — When Washington sought to rally world and regional partners last week for an assault on the jihadis of the Islamic State, one crucial ally was notably reluctant: Turkey. Turkey, a NATO member with the alliance’s second largest army, is seen ...
Turkey to cut growth forecasts for this year, next
ANKARA: Turkey's economy is expected to grow 3.3-3.4 percent this year and 4 percent in 2015, falling short of government targets due to weak European growth and conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, a senior economy official told Reuters on Thursday.
