THIS WEEK: DOMESTIC POLITICS • Turkey protests: Unrest rages in Istanbul, Ankara and other cities ECONOMY/ENERGY • Inflation rose to 6.5% in May • Foreign trade deficit rises to $10.3 bln in April • Turkey seeks to boost revenues with draft tax law • Turkey Read More …
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A New Boost to Transatlantic Ties: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the EU-Turkey Customs Union
By: Eray Akdag / The German Marshall Fund Eray Akday is the TUSIAD Permanent Ankara Representative. The below article was published by The German Marshall Fund in their “On Turkey” series. You can find the original here. During Turkish Prime Minister Recep Read More …
Psaki: The U.S. endorses “calls for a full investigation”
Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki commented on Turkey’s Gezi Park protests and on June 3. Psaki said “Our assessment is that the vast majority of the protesters have been peaceful, law abiding, ordinary citizens exercising their rights. We are Read More …
Secretary Kerry: “The United States supports full freedom of expression and assembly”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a statement on the protests in Turkey during a press conference with his Polish counterpart, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski after their meeting in Washington on June 3. Kerry expressed the U.S. support for freedom Read More …
2012 Country Reports on Terrorism: Turkey
The U.S. Department of State submitted the “Country Reports on Terrorism 2012” to the Congress on May 30, 2013. According to the State Department press release, the most noteworthy counterterrorism developments of 2012 were: a marked resurgence of Iran’s state sponsorship of Read More …