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Will Germany help Turkey?

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit Germany in September. Ahead of the visit, speculation is rife that Berlin could be ready...

A Turkish Collapse Revisited

EUROPE Theodoros Benakis -
As a friend of former Turkish prime minister Bülent Ecevit, I had a front seat in the stalls when the Turkish economy last collapsed...

Turkey targets opponents in Turkish Cypriot territories

EUROPE Theodoros Benakis -
Turkish prosecutors in Ankara have filed a suit against Afrika, an independent political newspaper in Turkish Cypriot territories in Cyprus (created after Turkey’s invasion...

Turkey lira troubles and emerging currencies

EUROPE Theodoros Benakis -
Turkey’s currency is not the only one in trouble. South Africa, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Russia have all seen their currencies slip over the...

Erdogan blames Turkish currency crash on ‘political plot’ against Turkey

EUROPE Theodoros Benakis -
The crash of the Turkish lira is a “political plot” against Turkey. So said the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on August 12. He...
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