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March 11th, 2015 - 03:03 GMT

What tensions? Israel Turkey's second-largest buyer of diesel fuel

Despite frayed diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel, the latter was the second-largest buyer of Turkish diesel fuel in 2014.

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March 2nd, 2015 - 09:01 GMT

A crisis in the cards? UN official warns of economic downslide in Turkey

For all the turmoil in the financial markets, Erdoğan's tirades have won praise from a class of industrialists who have thrived on cheap borrowing costs and political stability over the past decade.

March 1st, 2015 - 07:25 GMT

Turkish Lira hits historic low, Erdogan implies central bank 'treason'

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February 25th, 2015 - 12:42 GMT

Miss Trouble: Turkish beauty queen faces jail time for mocking President Erdogan

Avni was referencing the justification of the seizure of the management of Bank Asya, the country's largest Islamic lender, in a midnight operation on Feb. 3.

February 22nd, 2015 - 06:35 GMT

Turkish whistleblower: government can hand over any bank to state fund

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February 3rd, 2015 - 07:56 GMT

A special all-Erdogan edition

Data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) shows that mutual trade volume reached $2.6 billion in 2009.

January 21st, 2015 - 09:47 GMT

Despite Erdogan's 'harsh rhetoric', Turkish-Israeli is still booming

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January 17th, 2015 - 04:55 GMT

Turkey's controversial construction projects saved by recent amendments

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December 22nd, 2014 - 04:47 GMT

Egypt must maintain strong relations with the Gulf

A file photo shows demonstrators protesting against freedom of speech infringements and journalists' arrests in Turkey last November. Sunday's raid attempt was only the most recent in a list of trouble journalists have faced with the Turkish government. (AFP/File)

December 14th, 2014 - 08:46 GMT

Turkish 'anti-terrorism' authorities raid newsroom, arrest journalists

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December 2nd, 2014 - 09:12 GMT

US not ready to impose no-fly zone over Syria

The deterioration of relations between Turkey and credit rating agencies will make life harder for both investors and the nation.

September 25th, 2014 - 03:55 GMT

Why Turkey's 'tense' relations with rating agencies is damaging

over the course of time, the AKP has taken up the path of all the previous populist governments and begun to see the public sector as an easy way to provide employment for people.

August 18th, 2014 - 12:26 GMT

Is Erdogan's party waging a 'holy war' against the free market economy?