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Turkish restaurant joins Erdogan's currency campaign
Aug 17, 2018 02:31A restaurant in Istanbul is offering free fish and bread to anyone who converts at least $100 to lira, in a bid to support Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who called on Turks to sell their gold and hard currency as part of a "national battle" against economic enemies.
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Turkey to emerge stronger from US-made lira crisis: Finance minister
Aug 16, 2018 13:43Turkey's finance minister has reassured thousands of foreign investors that Ankara will manage to contain the currency crisis triggered by a dispute with the US, vowing that his country will only emerge "stronger" from the current market volatility.
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Turkey 'neutralizes' most wanted PKK terrorist in northern Iraq
Aug 16, 2018 13:39Turkish military forces have killed a high-ranking member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a counter-terrorism operation in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Court in Turkey orders release of local Amnesty head
Aug 16, 2018 08:10A court in Turkey has ordered the release of the local chairman of Amnesty International in the Anatolian country, Taner Kilic, from prison, the UK-based rights group says, more than a year after Ankara detained him over terror charges.
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Germany, Qatar vow support for Turkey amid US pressure
Aug 16, 2018 01:12German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have expressed support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid escalated tensions between Ankara and Washington.
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Turkey raises tariffs on some US products in response to economic war
Aug 15, 2018 08:29Ankara has sharply increased tariffs on certain US imports, some of them more than double, in response to Washington’s “deliberate attacks” on the Turkish economy amid a widening dispute between the two NATO allies.
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From Nigeria to Iran, nations begin ditching dollar
Aug 15, 2018 04:56The number of countries switching to national currencies to settle bilateral trade deals is growing in the face of the US weaponization of the dollar.
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Russian FM accuses US of ‘abandoning diplomacy’
Aug 14, 2018 10:12Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the US of abandoning diplomacy in favor of “sanctions and blackmail”, stating that Moscow is considering how to reduce the use of dollars for trade.
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Turkish president: Ankara to boycott iPhones, other US electronic products
Aug 14, 2018 08:52Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a boycott of American electronic products in response to Washington’s economic pressure against Ankara after the detention of a US pastor in Turkey.
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Turkish FM: US sanctions hurting its own reputation
Aug 14, 2018 06:53Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Tuesday that sanctions imposed by Washington on Ankara are shattering the US’ reputation.