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Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to derail Nato enlargement again

Source:Financial Times Date:01Jul2022

The Turkish president warned that Sweden and Finland’s entry into Nato “would not happen” unless ratified by his nation’s parliament, which is controlled by his ruling Justice and Development

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Analysis: What Turkey Wants to Let Finland and Sweden Into NATO

Source:New York Times Date:25Jun2022

In an interview on Swedish television, a former NATO official, Stephanie Babst, said that Mr. Erdogan’s real agenda is domestic. “Primarily this is a message toward his electoral base at home,”

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FT: Turkish bank regulator limits lira loans for firms holding foreign exchange

Source:Financial Times Date:25Jun2022

Virtual capital controls with very large distortive  effects.   The measure will apply to companies with foreign exchange on their books worth more than TL15mn ($890,000) that exceeds 10 per

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US Should Brace for More Pushback From Erdogan

Source:Bloomberg Date:19Jun2022

Turkey’s allies and rivals, along with Turks themselves, might want to buckle up for 12 months of turbulence. The US and Europe should brace themselves for even more mudslinging and contrariness

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Five Blunt Truths About the War in Ukraine

Source:New York Times Date:15Jun2022

Not about Turkey in Ukraine War, but proves the west may need Turkish alliance to push back Russia   First, as retired Adm. James Stavridis has proposed, the U.S. should be prepared to

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Turkey to Impose Residence Quotas on Foreigners From July 1

Source:Bloomberg Date:13Jun2022

This is how bad it is:  In some boroughs migrant population exceeds natives   Turkey will limit residence permits for foreigners to 20% of the population of certain neighborhoods across the

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Turkey: persistently further from EU values and standards

Source:Official website of EP Date:11Jun2022

Without clear and significant progress on EU-related reforms, Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, warned MEPs on Tuesday. In a report adopted on Tuesday by 448

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Turkey’s threat to derail Swedish and Finnish accession NATO raises the Kurdish Issue

Source:Brookings blog Date:07Jun2022

Turkey’s relations with the West will continue to be crisis-driven amid a range of ongoing tensions, including over the conflict in Libya, the eastern Mediterranean crisis, tensions with the EU

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Western world turns blind eye to Turkey’s attacks: Scholar

Source:Media news Date:04Jun2022

Having remained silent over Turkey’s attacks on Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, NATO and the US government are complicit in Ankara’s aggression, said Dr Cihan Tugal, a professor of sociology

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Turkey threatens new Syria incursion amid NATO debate

Source:al Monitor Date:25May2022

What’s next: Erdogan said further operational decisions will be made Thursday at a meeting of top Turkish military officials. “As soon as the Turkish armed forces complete its intelligence and

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