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...in Turkey’s biggest cities including the capital Ankara, where incumbent CHP mayor Mansur Yavaş won in a landslide....
...They have also eased up on a costly programme to defend the lira, which has tumbled almost 40 per cent in the past year to a record low of about TL30 against the US dollar....
...Dame Karen Pierce, current UK ambassador to the US, is set to remain in post until the end of 2024....
...In a sign of how it has become a priority in Washington to rein in this trade, Brian Nelson, US Treasury under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, will visit Istanbul and Ankara this week...
...Turkey had sought to purchase latest-generation F-35 jets, but was ejected from the US-led programme in 2019 after Ankara took delivery of a Russian air defence system over American objections....
...Karahan, a former US Federal Reserve economist, was appointed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday evening, according to Turkey’s official gazette....
...Banks hired by the Turkey Wealth Fund began pitching investors on a US dollar-denominated bond this week and started taking orders on Wednesday, according to documents seen by the Financial Times....
...Erdoğan has said he expects the US to greenlight Turkey’s request to buy billions of dollars’ worth of F-16 fighter jets in return for approval of Stockholm’s bid....
...The US embassy condemned the attack on a Nato ally and said in a post on social media platform X that it “stands in solidarity with Türkiye against terrorism”....
...Ankara has also recalled its ambassador to Israel, while the Jewish state has pulled its diplomats from Turkey....
...AKP) will seek to seize back control of Turkey’s two biggest cities, Istanbul and Ankara....
...The US, EU as well as the UN and a host of countries in Latin America joined the growing chorus of criticism aimed at Ecuador over the raid on Friday, an act almost unheard-of even in military dictatorships...
...What is the central bank’s role in Turkey’s economic overhaul? Erdoğan, Turkey’s leader of the past two decades, abruptly changed course on economic policy after his re-election in May....
...Meanwhile in Ankara, a sombre Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech that was considered almost unthinkable from Turkey’s strongman leader: conceding defeat in an election....
...In response, Ecuador declared the Mexican ambassador persona non grata. The next day, Mexico granted Glas asylum, and Ecuadorean authorities raided the embassy hours later....
...Ecuador ordered the expulsion of the Mexican ambassador over the remarks....
...Netanyahu, meanwhile, has criticised Turkey’s support of Hamas and its treatment of Kurdish minorities, saying Erdoğan was the “last person who can preach morality to us”....
...Ankara and Cairo broke off diplomatic ties in 2013 after Erdoğan condemned a coup that ousted Mohamed Morsi, who had Turkey’s strong backing....
...That followed violent protests in the Islamic world, including Turkey, after a wave of Koran burnings in the Nordic country. The backlash included the sacking of Sweden’s embassy in Iraq....
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...The US has charged a former ambassador to Bolivia with spying for Cuba in a case that prosecutors have called one of the most egregious betrayals to have ever taken place at the state department....
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