Turkey
It’s time for Turkey and NATO to go their separate ways
By Michael Rubin
August 16, 2018
“If the internal stress in the U.S. goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that...
China backs Turkey to overcome its economic crisis
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Yi said China believes that Turkey has the "ability to overcome temporary economic difficulties," according to a translated statement placed...
Turkey Could Create A Larger Crisis Than Greece
Turkey Could Create A Larger Crisis Than Greece
By Daniel Lacalle
08/13/2018
The Turkish lira collapse should have surprised no one. Yet, in this bubble-justifying market, it...
Turkish business groups call for tighter monetary policy, diplomacy
August 14 2018
Turkey’s leading business groups said on Aug. 14 that tighter monetary policy is needed to stabilise the Turkish Lira and U.S.-Turkish disputes...
Trying to contain Neocons on Turkey
The U.S. can’t afford to lose Turkey
by Matthew Bryza
August 15, 2018
President Trump’s decision to double steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey — and...
The global implications of the Turkish lira crisis
16 August 2018
As the tenth anniversary of the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis approaches, the ongoing turmoil engulfing the Turkish lira sounds...
Who is at the sharp end of Turkey’s currency crisis?
Mustafa Sonmez
August 14, 2018
For years, Turkey encouraged sectors that lavishly borrowed and spent foreign exchange rather than investments that would generate much-needed hard...
Erdoğan’s challenge. We need the courage of the century. The New...
By İbrahim Karagül
15 August 2018
There is now a Turkey axis. This will be the most shaking development of the upcoming years from the Balkans...
Turkey ready for war, says Erdoğan
Aug 13 2018
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that Turkey was ready for war, Islamist newspaper Yeni Akit reported.
Erdoğan’s comments come as the...
Will Turkey’s Currency Crisis Send Millions of Refugees Into Europe and...
By Cristina Maza
8/15/18
As Turkey’s economy collapses and the value of its currency spirals to record lows, some observers are wondering whether the country...