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Turkey elects a president

Sunday’s vote is the second round of voting for the president. Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has led Turkey for 20 years, fell just a few points short of winning the election in the first runoff earlier this month. The president’s challenger is 74-year-old Kemal Kiliçdarolu (Kiliçdaroğlu), the candidate of the six-party alliance and […]

This is a royal place; The Prince’s Isles will attract everyone

The Princess Islands are located in the Sea of ​​Marmara, 17 kilometers off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, one of the largest cities in the world. It is a group of nine small islands. These islands are also called ‘Aladar’ in Turkish because the royal families were exiled here during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. […]

Erdoğan’s defeat in the elections would also be a blow to Putin

The massive $20 billion Akuyu nuclear power plant, built by Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, perhaps best symbolizes the development of bilateral energy and economic ties that the two leaders have established during their two decades in power as presidents or prime ministers of their respective countries, the editorial office writes. Radio Free Europe on […]

Turkey’s central bank takes new measures to “de-dollar”; some opinion that it will be dissolved after an election | Reuters

Turkey’s central bank announced new measures on Wednesday to reduce its reliance on the dollar and keep yields on lira-denominated government bonds down. A currency exchange office in Istanbul in 2019. (2023 REUTERS/Murad Sezer) [イスタンブール 7日 ロイター] – Turkey’s central bank on Thursday announced new measures to reduce its dependence on the dollar and keep […]

Turkey also agrees… Finland has crossed the final hurdle to join NATO

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö (left) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Ankara on the 17th (local time). /reuters news1 As the Turkish Parliament confirmed Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the 30th (local time), Finland has more or less passed the final hurdle to accession. […]