Foreign Policy
- Turkey Seeks Political Solution for Syria at Four-way Istanbul Summit
- Saudi Arabia Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request in Khashoggi Killing
- Erdogan Demands that Saudis Tell Turkey Who Ordered Khashoggi Killing
- Turkey’s Erdogan Issues ‘Final Warning’ on Syria
- Turkey Expects US to Lift Sanctions: Presidential Spokesperson
Economy and Energy
- Turkey, Germany Pledge to Expand Trade Ties
- Increase in Steel Imports from Turkey Worries European Steelmakers: Association
- Turkey’s Top Business Group Sees Opportunity to Boost Ties with Germany
- Turkey Hits Brakes on Rates but Doesn’t Rule Out Further Hikes
- Arçelik Opens New Half Billion Lira Factory in Turkey’s Northwest
Domestic Politics
- Turkey’s leader opens new Istanbul Airport as global hub
- Turkey’s Erdogan names 39 new provincial governors: Official Gazette
- Turkey’s Local Elections Set for March 31: Official Gazette
- Turkey’s central bank keeps rates unchanged after lira recovery
Foreign Policy
Turkey Seeks Political Solution for Syria at Four-way Istanbul Summit
The four-way summit on Syria between Turkey, Russia, Germany and France kicked off in Istanbul on Oct. 27. The summit, hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Vahdettin Pavilion in the city’s Üsküdar district, includes Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Hurriyet,Turkey seeks political solution for Syria at four-way Istanbul summit, 27 October 2018
Saudi Arabia Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request in Khashoggi Killing
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Saturday rejected a call by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to try the suspects in the killing of the dissident commentator Jamal Khashoggi in that country, saying that the men arrested would be prosecuted on Saudi soil.
The New York Times, Saudi Arabia Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request in Khashoggi Killing, 27 October 2018
Erdogan Demands that Saudis Tell Turkey Who Ordered Khashoggi Killing
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey had uncovered further evidence in the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pressing Saudi Arabia to reveal who gave the orders and demanding that its leaders explain what happened to Mr. Khashoggi’s body.
The New York Times, Erdogan Demands that Saudis Tell Turkey Who Ordered Khashoggi Killing, 26 October 2018
Turkey’s Erdogan Issues ‘Final Warning’ on Syria
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday issued what he said was a “final warning” to those who would endanger Turkey’s borders, saying Ankara was determined to focus its attention on Syrian Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates.
Reuters, Turkey’s Erdogan Issues ‘Final Warning’ on Syria, 26 October 2018
Turkey Expects US to Lift Sanctions: Presidential Spokesperson
Turkey expects the United States to lift sanctions, which it imposed on Ankara, after the release of U.S. evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Oct. 23.
Hurriyet,Turkey Expects US to Lift Sanctions: Presidential Spokesperson, 23 October 2018
Economy and Energy
Turkey, Germany Pledge to Expand Trade Ties
The economy ministers of Turkey and Germany vowed to expand trade ties Thursday as the two nations work to mend severely strained relations.
Associated Press, Turkey, Germany Pledge to Expand Trade Ties, 25 October 2018
Increase in Steel Imports from Turkey Worries European Steelmakers: Association
Steel imports into Europe have risen sharply as a result of U.S. tariffs, particularly from Turkey, threatening European steelmakers as demand growth in the continent slows, European steel association Eurofer said on Oct. 24.
Reuters, Increase in steel imports from Turkey worries European steelmakers: Association, 25 October 2018
Turkey’s Top Business Group Sees Opportunity to Boost Ties with Germany
A visit by Germany’s economy minister to Ankara this week is a “window of opportunity” to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries, the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) said on Oct. 25.
Hurriyet, Turkey’s top business group sees opportunity to boost ties with Germany, 25 October 2018
Turkey Hits Brakes on Rates but Doesn’t Rule Out Further Hikes
Turkey’s central bank kept its official borrowing costs on hold but pledged further tightening should last month’s dramatic interest-rate hike fail to curb inflation.
Bloomberg, Turkey Hits Brakes on Rates But Doesn’t Rule Out Further Hikes, 24 October 2018
Arçelik Opens New Half Billion Lira Factory in Turkey’s Northwest
Arçelik, the home appliances arm of Turkey’s biggest industrial conglomerate Koç Holding, has opened a new electronics factory in the northwestern district of Çerkezköy for an investment of 500 billion Turkish Liras (parity of $88 million on Oct. 24, 2018).
Hurriyet, Arçelik opens new half billion lira factory in Turkey’s northwest, 24 October 2018
Domestic Politics
Turkey’s leader opens new Istanbul Airport as global hub
Turkey’s president inaugurated a gleaming new aviation hub in Istanbul on Monday, a megaproject that he has pushed to fulfill his dream of making Turkey a global player. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Istanbul Airport was open for operations on a special day — the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic following its war of independence.
The Washington Post, Turkey’s leader opens new Istanbul Airport as global hub, 29 October 2018
Turkey’s Erdogan names 39 new provincial governors: Official Gazette
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed new governors to 39 of the country’s 81 provinces, a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette showed on Saturday.
Reuters, Turkey’s Erdogan names 39 new provincial governors: Official Gazette, 27 October 2018
Turkey’s Local Elections Set for March 31: Official Gazette
Turkish local elections are set to take place on March 31, 2019, according to a High Electoral Board decision published in an official gazette on Friday.
Reuters,Turkey’s Local Elections Set for March 31: Official Gazette, 26 October 2018
Turkey’s central bank keeps rates unchanged after lira recovery
The Turkish Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Oct. 25 as expected, after a mammoth 6.25 percentage point increase that has helped the lira recoup some of its losses this year.
Hurriyet, Turkey’s central bank keeps rates unchanged after lira recovery, 25 October 2018