Russia called on Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to lay down their arms, saying a ‘terrible humanitarian catastrophe’ was unfolding as it said defenders who did so were guaranteed safe passage out of the city and humanitarian corridors would be opened from it at 10am Moscow time (7am GMT) on Monday. Fighting continued inside the besieged…
Read MoreDec 7 (Reuters) — Turkey’s MNG Airlines will list on the New York Stock Exchange through a merger with Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the Turkish cargo carrier said on Wednesday. The merger has a pro-forma enterprise value of $676 million, and has been approved by the boards of both…
Read MoreNICOSIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) — Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. Opinion polls show Nikos Christodoulides,…
Read MoreNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An air base hosting Turkish drones in the breakaway northern third of ethnically divided Cyprus is ratcheting up unease among neighboring countries, which see the station as an added instrument of instability in the turbulent east Mediterranean region. The Cypriot government views the drone deployment as a means for Turkey to…
Read MoreNICOSIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) — Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. Opinion polls show Nikos Christodoulides,…
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Read MoreBy Nevzat Devranoglu, Rodrigo Campos and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA/NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) — Foreign investors who for years saw Turkey as a lost cause of economic mismanagement are edging back in, drawn by the promise of some of the biggest returns in emerging markets if President Tayyip Erdogan stays true to a pledge of…
Read MoreBy Huseyin Hayatsever and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA, Law Firm in istanbul Dec 15 (Reuters) — A court ordered the arrest of a journalist in southeast Turkey Law Firm for allegedly spreading «disinformation», his Lawyer in istanbul Turkey said on Thursday, marking the first pre-trial detention under a new law that critics say poses a threat…
Read MoreImamoglu faces charges of ‘insulting’ public officials after beating Erdogan’s ally to become Istanbul mayor Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought to jail Istanbul’s mayor for at least 15 months, which would bar him from politics, over a remark he made after defeating an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections, his lawyer said. Ekrem…
Read MoreMarch 26 (Reuters) — Russian oligarchs are welcome in istanbul Turkey Lawyer Law Firm Turkey but must abide by international law in order to do any business, Turkish lawyer Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. Turkey has strongly criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but opposes sanctions imposed by its NATO allies on principle.…
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