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Turkey hikes minimum wage by 50% in face of lira crisis
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Turkey hikes minimum wage by 50% in face of lira crisis

ANKARA, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Turkey will hike its minimum wage by a massive 50% to 4,250 lira ($275.44) per…
Turkish cenbank seen to cut policy rate by 100bps
Middle East

Turkish cenbank seen to cut policy rate by 100bps

ISTANBUL, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank is expected to cut its policy rate by 100 basis points to…
Erdogan says inflation, forex rates to come down with low interest rates -NTV
Middle East

Erdogan says inflation, forex rates to come down with low interest rates -NTV

ANKARA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will reduce inflation and exchange rate volatility through low interest…
Turkish inflation soars above 21% in challenge to Erdogan
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Turkish inflation soars above 21% in challenge to Erdogan

ANKARA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Turkey’s annual inflation jumped more than expected to a three-year high of 21.31% in November,…
Turkish police break up ‘violence against women’ protest
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Turkish police break up ‘violence against women’ protest

ISTANBUL, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Riot police fired pepper gas to disperse demonstrators who gathered in Istanbul on Thursday to…
Factbox: Erdogan’s risky ‘experiment’ to heal Turkey’s economy
Middle East

Factbox: Erdogan’s risky ‘experiment’ to heal Turkey’s economy

ISTANBUL, Nov 23 (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan has set Turkey’s $720-billion economy on a risky new path of aggressive…
Turkish opposition calls for early election amid lira meltdown
Middle East

Turkish opposition calls for early election amid lira meltdown

ANKARA, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Turkish opposition leaders called for immediate early elections on Thursday after the lira plunged 6%…
Turkey bans smoking in public areas amid surge of COVID-19 patients
Middle East

Turkey bans smoking in public areas amid surge of COVID-19 patients

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Wednesday banned smoking in crowded public places to slow a recent surge in symptomatic coronavirus…
Turkey orders dozens of arrests, including Kurdish opposition, over Kobani protests
Middle East

Turkey orders dozens of arrests, including Kurdish opposition, over Kobani protests

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of 82 people including members of a pro-Kurdish opposition party,…
Turkey upset by Sarraj’s plan to step down in Libya, Erdogan says
Middle East

Turkey upset by Sarraj’s plan to step down in Libya, Erdogan says

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey was upset that Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj,…
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