News about Turkey
Turkiye in September 2023 September 1, 2023 Turkey’s Q2 Economy Beats Expectations (Daily Sabah). Turkey’s economy grew 3.8% in Q2 2023, surpassing the expected 3.5%, with GDP rising to 5.5 trillion Turkish liras. Turkish FM’s Ongoing Efforts to Resolve Grain Deal (Anadolu Agency). Lavrov demanded guarantees for Black Sea grain deal amid Western sanctions. Turkey …
Turkiye in August 2023 August 1, 2023 Istanbul Sets Deadline for Syrians to Leave or Return to Registered Provinces (Hurriyet Daily News). Turkey’s Interior Ministry has issued an ultimatum to Syrians under temporary protection, giving them until September 24 to leave Istanbul if registered in other provinces. The move comes as authorities aim to address …
Turkiye in July 2023 July 4, 2023 Turkish Intelligence Uncovers Clandestine Mossad Network in Turkiye (Mehr News). Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization MIT has uncovered a group of 56 operatives working for Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency spying on non-Turkish nationals in Turkiye….They operated internationally and were linked to Mossad agents based in Tel Aviv. The spies …
Turkiye in June 2023 June 1, 2023 Türkiye Arrests 6 Mossad Recruits on Espionage Charges (Daily Sabah). Turkish officials have arrested six suspects in an ongoing probe into a cell of 15 operatives caught spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, according to a report in the Sabah newspaper. The Turkish Economy Grows 4% in …
Turkiye in May 2023 May 2, 2023 Türkiye Neutralizes Daesh/ISIS leader al-Qurayshi in Syria (Anadolu Agency). The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has been following the so-called leader of Daesh, code-named Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, for a long time. Türkiye’s Homegrown 5th-Generation Fighter Jet Named KAAN (Daily Sabah). TAI has developed the fifth-generation aircraft intending to replace …
Turkiye in April 2023 April 3, 2023 Turkiye’s Trade Deficit Rose 51.4% in February (Sky News Arabia Business). On Friday, the Turkish Statistical Institute revealed that the country’s foreign trade deficit increased by 51.4% year-on-year in February, reaching $12.08 billion. This increase is attributed to a 10.1% jump in imports, amounting to $30.71 billion, while …
Turkiye in March 2023 8 March 2023 UN Says Türkiye Quake Damage Could Exceed $100B (Daily Sabah). Damage from the massive earthquakes that jolted southeastern Türkiye last month is estimated to be over $100 billion, the United Nations said Tuesday. “Already it is clear that just the damages alone will amount to more than $100 …
Turkiye in February 2023 1 February 2023 Senator Van Hollen Says No F-16s for Turkey if Sweden, Finland Not Admitted to NATO (Al Monitor). Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen slammed Turkiye as an “unfaithful ally” and called on the Senate to consider efforts to block F-16 sales to the country. The Senator said the United …
Turkiye in January 2023 06 January 2023 U.S. Government Adopts Ankara’s Preferred Spelling of the “Republic of Türkiye” (The Daily Sabah). The State Department has instructed that new official documents refer to Türkiye instead of Turkey, although the pronunciation will not change, officials said. But neither the State Department website nor the Foreign Affairs Manual, …
Turkiye in December 2022 10 December 2022 Turkey ‘neutralizes’ 4,000 terrorists in operations at home, abroad in 2022: Defense Ministry (Anadolu Agency). Türkiye to date has neutralized 4,500 Daesh/ISIS terrorists, [Akar] said. 11 December 2022 Turkey Calls on Russia to Implement its Commitments Regarding “YPG” in Syria (Anadolu Agency). “In its political consultations with Russia, …
