Posts Tagged: Turkey
Trump Vows ‘No Concessions,’ Turkey’s Lira Stays Under Pressure
The Turkish lira weakened against the dollar on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said he would give Turkey no concessions in return for the...
Defiant Erdogan Casts Turkey Currency Crisis in Religious, Patriotic Terms
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday an attack on Turkey's economy was no different from a strike against its flag or the Islamic call...
Turkish Opposition Figure Criticizes ‘Jewish’ Award, After Founder of Ruling Party Claims ‘Jewish Bankers’ Control US Economy
A founding member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) accused Zionist Jews on Tuesday of secretly controlling the US economy, days before a leading opposition...
US Tariffs to Stay on Turkey, Qatar Offers Ankara Aid
The United States on Wednesday ruled out removing steel tariffs that have contributed to a currency crisis in Turkey even if Ankara frees a US...
Qatar’s Emir Heads to Turkey for Talks With Erdogan
Qatar's emir headed to Turkey on Wednesday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is dealing with a collapse of the lira currency and...
Erdogan Says Turkey Will Boycott US Electronics, Lira Steadies
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey will boycott electronic products from the United States, retaliating in a dispute with Washington that has...
Erdogan-Linked Group Suspected of Being a Turkish Front in US
The group MUSIAD USA sent letters to several US senators last week, protesting sanctions the Trump administration imposed on Turkey over its continuing detention of...
Erdogan and EU on Collision Course in Balkans
Banned from promoting his dangerous Islamic agenda across the European Union, Turkish President Erdogan is now seeking to use his growing influence in the Balkans...
Turkey: New System, Same One-Man Show
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, undoubtedly the most popular and divisive leader in modern Turkish history, has already ruled the country longer than Atatürk, the founder...
Erdogan: Turkey Will Stand Up to US in Face of Sanctions Threat Over Release of American Pastor
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will stand its ground after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara if it does not free an...
Time to Wake Up to Erdoğan’s Turkey
JNS.org - On June 25, we awoke to the somber news that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had secured a victory in Turkey’s presidential elections. The reason this...
What Turkey’s New Islamist-Nationalist Alliance Means for the World
Four decades after they emerged as marginal parties in the 1970s, Turkey’s militant Islamists and ultra-nationalists won a combined 53.6% of the national vote and...
What Erdogan’s ‘Election’ Will Mean for Turkey — and the World
The re-election of Turkey’s President Erdogan -- falsely considered to be free, fair, and representative of the will of the majority of the Turkish population -- has dire implications,...
US Islamists Ignore Erdogan’s Authoritarianism, Celebrate Win
Unbelievably, a number of American Islamists are hailing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election Monday to a new five-year term as a win for democracy. In truth,...
