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‘People don’t believe they can win’: apathy abounds ahead of Istanbul’s mayoral election

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 27 March - 05:00

Ekrem Imamoğlu’s 2019 victory was a big moment for Turkey’s opposition – but five turbulent years as Erdoğan’s enemy have taken their toll

On the banks of Istanbul’s Golden Horn, the Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu, rallied a crowd for his re-election campaign as banners advertising his opponent flapped in the breeze on a nearby bridge.

“We brought prosperity to Istanbul,” he proclaimed, drawing cautious applause.

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Turkish central bank stuns market by hiking interest rates to 50%

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 21 March - 14:05

Hawkish rise comes 10 days before local elections as, analysts say, a signal it is independent from political constraints

Turkey’s central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates to 50% on Thursday, citing a deteriorating inflation outlook and pledging to tighten further if it looks like inflation is significantly and persistently worsening.

The hawkish move came 10 days before local elections and was seen by analysts as a signal that the central bank was independent from any political constraints and determined to tackle price rises.

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UK embarks on post-Brexit trade talks with Turkey

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 14 March - 12:19

Talks offer ‘huge opportunities’ but come at a delicate time after Ankara held up Sweden’s accession to Nato

The UK and Turkey have started talks about a post-Brexit free trade agreement targeting the service sector of the economy.

The UK government said there were “huge opportunities” for British businesses in exporting to Turkey, as one of the fastest-growing economies in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development group of nations, with trade between the two countries worth £26bn in 2022.

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‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of migration policies – podcast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 5 February - 05:00

Just like the war on drugs and the war on terror, efforts at stopping population movement by force often just fuel the problem. But for many claiming to confront the perceived threat, that suits all too well. By Ruben Andersson and David Keen

Archive: BBC

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Still in ruins: the 2023 Turkish earthquake – then and now

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 2 February - 06:00

A 7.8-magnitude quake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February 2023, killing more than 40,000 people and erasing entire cities. Then and now photographs show the scale of devastation and the enormity of the reconstruction

Over 65 nightmarish seconds of the pre-dawn hours of 6 February 2023, the ground swallowed swathes of entire cities across south-east Turkey resulting in more than 50,000 deaths.

Bridges collapsed, roads and airport tarmacs cracked and millions of lives across 11 Turkish provinces were upturned by the time the rest of the country woke up, stunned.

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Gunmen take seven staff hostage at Procter & Gamble factory in Turkey

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 1 February - 18:11

Hostage takers at US firm’s facility reportedly say their actions are in protest at death toll in Gaza war

Two gunmen have taken seven people hostage at a factory in Turkey owned by the US company Procter & Gamble, according to media reports, in an apparent protest over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Turkish media published an image of one of the purported suspects inside the factory – a man wearing what appeared to be a rudimentary explosives belt and holding a handgun.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans ‘win-win’ approach in Athens after past feud

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 7 December - 05:00

Analysts believe better ties with Greece are key to repairing Turkey’s strained relationship with Europe

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will be arriving in Athens on Thursday for the first time in six years, determined to move on with a “win-win approach” from the disputes and tensions left by his previous trip to the city.

The last time the Turkish leader visited the Greek capital – exactly six years ago to the day – what had been billed a historic tour descended into a verbal theatre of war as Erdoğan, dispensing with diplomatic niceties, went on the offensive.

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Virginia museum to return 44 stolen or looted works to Egypt, Italy and Turkey

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 6 December - 16:40

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts says it received ‘irrefutable evidence’ 44 ancient art objects had been stolen or looted

Virginia’s state-run fine arts museum has begun the process of returning 44 pieces of ancient art to their countries of origin after law enforcement officials presented the institution with what it called “irrefutable evidence” that the works had been stolen or looted.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced in a news release on Tuesday that it had “safely delivered” the pieces to the Manhattan district attorney’s office in New York, which it said had conducted an inquiry into the artworks as part of a broader investigation, along with the Department of Homeland Security. The DA’s office will facilitate the return of the objects to Italy, Egypt and Turkey, according to the Richmond museum.

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Ladbrokes and Coral owner to pay £585m to settle HMRC bribery inquiry

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 24 November - 15:07

Gambling giant Entain reaches deal over past practice at company it owned in Turkey

The owner of Ladbrokes and Coral has agreed to pay almost £600m to settle an investigation into alleged bribery at a business it owned in Turkey.

Entain said it had reached an agreement with HM Revenue and Customs which will make the gambling giant pay a total of £585m in the form of a financial penalty and a “disgorgement of profits” .