LAST UPDATE: 10.56 The leaders of Finland and Sweden are expected to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in a bid to persuade him to lift objections to the two countries’ NATO membership, according to Bloomberg. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson are expected to meet with Mr Erdogan […]
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Athens ready to respond to any rhetorical provocation by Erdogan at NATO Summit
Of Dimitris Gatsiou Armed with International Law and its strong positions, as presented and analyzed in its ongoing diplomatic marathon in recent weeks, Athens is heading for the next big milestone in June. The NATO Summit in Madrid, the work of which will be lifted next Wednesday. The Prime Minister returned from the European Council […]
Yeni φάafak: Erdoγan to raise issue of ‘illegal occupation’ of Aegean islands at NATO summit
The NATO Summit, in which Turkey will be represented by President Tayyip Erdogan, will take place in Madrid, Spain on June 28-30. At the summit, Erdogan is expected to have six issues on his agenda, according to Yeni φάafak: – The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, – Cereal runway, – Russia-Ukraine war, – […]
Of the Central Bank of Turkey: Foreign exchange reserves at a low of 20 years – The pound is new to the nadir
Turkish Central Bank (TCMB) net foreign currency reserves fell to a seven-year low of $ 7.38 billion on June 17th, according to data released on Thursday. The exchange rate used by Reuters on Thursday to make the conversion from pounds to dollars was 17.2880. Net foreign exchange reserves were $ 8.15 billion a week earlier. […]
Turkey: Foreign exchange reserves at a low of 20 years – To the new nadir the pound
Turkish Central Bank (TCMB) net foreign currency reserves fell to a seven-year low of $ 7.38 billion on June 17th, according to data released on Thursday. The exchange rate used by Reuters on Thursday to make the conversion from pounds to dollars was 17.2880. Net foreign exchange reserves were $ 8.15 billion a week earlier. […]
Sabah: How Erdogan’s reaction coincides with Tsipras’ warnings
The coincidence in which the reaction of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the warning of the leader of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras coincide, is highlighted in an article of the Turkish newspaper Sabah. The article first quotes the “warnings” of the Turkish president to Greece and the leontarizations, as after the famous “for me […]
Saudi Crown Prince Visits Turkey – Relationships Continue
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to pay his first official visit to Turkey today after nine years of strained bilateral relations, which began in the Arab Spring and worsened after the assassination of a Turkish journalist in Istanbul. “God willing, we will see how far relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia […]
The Turks are hungry and Erdogan has increased himself by more than 40%
What if inflation has plunged the Turkish population into despair? Even though employees are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet amid the country’s economic woes, queues at bakeries with free bread are growing, shopkeepers are selling peanut-baklava and citizens are buying vegetables by the gram. , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking […]
EU in Turkey: Respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Greece
EU leaders are expected to condemn Turkey again for the new escalation against Greece, according to the draft conclusions of the forthcoming EU Summit cited by EURACTIV. “The European Council has expressed deep concern over Turkey’s repeated recent actions and statements. Turkey must respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all EU Member States,” the […]
K. Ah. Karamanlis: We will not go to a full-fledged discussion with Turkey, we are not talking about the ‘blue homeland’
The timeless revision strategy of Turkey was denounced by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Ah. Karamanlis, speaking on SKAI TV station. Mr. Karamanlis pointed out: “There is a combination of events here that is extremely worrying. We have a Turkey that, since ’96 and the Helsinki Accord and the Imia crisis, has now […]