Tag: Turkey

Turkey’s central bank keeps interest rate unchanged at 19%

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ISTANBUL — Turkey’s central bank left its key benchmark interest rate unchanged at 19% on Thursday. ...

Turkey: 1 dead in Bosporus Strait container ship collision

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ISTANBUL — A container ship and a fishing boat collided in Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait, killing one person Thursday. ...

Syria’s last aid crossing in balance as Biden to meet Putin

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President Joe Biden will seek to stave off another surge of civilian suffering in the devastating war in Syria when he meets President Vladimir...

Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies

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BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden makes his entrance at a NATO summit aiming to consult European allies on efforts to counter provocative actions by...

At NATO, Turkey hails its revival of dialogue with Greece

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BRUSSELS — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is vying to mend Turkey’s battered relations with its Western partners, said Monday that a revival...

EXPLAINER: Who are Americans on trial in Ghosn’s escape

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TOKYO — Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor go on trial in Tokyo on Monday on charges they helped Nissan's former chairman,...

Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties

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ANKARA, Turkey — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be...

Shelling at hospital in north Syria town kills at least 6

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BEIRUT — Activists and a medical group said shells hit a hospital on Saturday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed fighters, killing...

Greece willing to back ‘positive’ EU agenda for Turkey

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ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s prime minister said Friday that his government is willing to back the European Union’s “positive” agenda for relations with Turkey,...

A year late, Italy and Turkey play opening game at Euro 2020

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ROME — Somehow it seems appropriate that Italy, the first country in Europe that was overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic, is hosting the opening...