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Turkiye’s forex reserves turn negative ahead of critical runoff vote
As Turkiye heads to a critical runoff vote to determine the nation’s president on Sunday, the central bank’s net foreign exchange reserves turned negative for the first time since 2002, dropping to minus-$151.3 million on May 19, due to…
Turkiye begins work on 240,000 homes to repatriate refugees in northern Syria
Turkiye has begun building 240,000 homes to resettle refugees in opposition-held northern Syria as the repatriation issue takes center stage in Sunday’s presidential election runoff.
“Syrian refugees living in Turkiye will settle in the…
Turkey quake victims rally around Erdogan ahead of runoff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stares down from a campaign poster at the earthquake ruins of Antakya, inspiring confidence in Ahmet Gulyildizoglu ahead of Sunday’s election runoff.
Millions across the ravaged region defied…
Ahead of Sunday’s runoff, Erdogan gets ‘kingmaker’ Sinan Ogan’s support
With neither presidential candidate passing the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright win, Turkiye’s voters head for a second round on Sunday to decide who will be their next leader.
In the first round, incumbent 69-year-old…
Iraqi, Syrian Kurds divided over Erdogan’s election battle
Turkiye’s presidential election is being anxiously watched by Kurds in Syria and Iraq as economic interests compete with fears of a regional military escalation against some Kurdish groups.
The long-running and deadly conflict between…
Millions of children in Turkiye, Syria require aid 100 days after the earthquake: UNICEF
More than 6 million children in Turkiye and Syria remain in need of humanitarian aid 100 days after the devastating February earthquakes, the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund warned on Wednesday.
The earthquake and aftershocks…
Turkiye’s third candidate open to endorsement talks
A little-known nationalist who helped push Turkiye’s election to a runoff told AFP on Tuesday he could throw his support behind either President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his secular rival.
Entering the campaign at the last minute, Sinan…
Erdogan on course for election triumph
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on course on Monday for a crushing runoff victory in two weeks’ time after coming within a whisker of winning Turkiye’s presidential election in the first round.
A final count showed that Erdogan had defied…
EU leaders praise Turkish voters for high turnout in national elections.
EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel congratulated Turkish voters on their large turnout in the first round of national elections, hailing this as a win for democracy.
“It’s a very clear sign that the Turkish people are…
Turkish opposition embroiled in harsh debates over Sunday elections
After neither side passed the threshold required for an outright win in Sunday’s elections, Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a second runoff vote on May 28. So the longest two…