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09.11.2020 / 00:33

Turkish finance minister, Erdogan's son-in-law, resigns post

ANKARA – Turkey’s finance minister and son-in-law to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his resignation on social media Sunday.Berak Albayrak said on Instagram that he was stepping down from his post for health reasons and would spend more time with his family.Albayrak, 42, was appointed minister of finance and treasury in July 2018, having previously been energy minister for nearly three years.His resignation follows the dismissal over the weekend of central bank chief Murat Uysal and his replacement by former Finance Minister Naci Agbal.“I decided not to continue my duty as a minister after five years in office due to health problems,” Albayrak said.

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Turkey replaces central bank head as lira sees record lows

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday dismissed the head of the country’s central bank following a period of high inflation and record lows for the lira.Former Finance Minister Naci Agbal was brought in to replace Murat Uysal, according to a presidential decree announced in the Official Gazette.The decision came after the lira lost nearly a third of its value since the start of the year - hitting a record low of 8.58 against the U.S.

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Turkey to report full COVID-19 figures, health minister says

ANKARA – Turkey will start to report its total number of coronavirus cases later this week, the country's health minister said in an interview published Sunday, after Ankara was criticized for only releasing figures for patients showing symptoms of infection.Fahrettin Koca told the newspaper Hurriyet that asymptomatic cases would be included in Turkey’s published data from Oct. 15, which would be shared with the World Health Organization.Last month, the minister revealed Turkey had been publishing only the daily number of patients displaying symptoms of COVID-19.

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Turkish Cypriots choose leader with peace deal at stake

NICOSIA – Turkish Cypriots began voting Sunday for a leader tasked with overcoming their deep political chasms with Greek Cypriots in order to pave the way for a deal to end 46 years of ethnic division in Cyprus and quell tensions over offshore energy reserves.The election comes amid allegations that Turkey is overtly trying to steer the 200,000-strong electorate toward right-wing candidate Ersin Tatar.

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AP Explains: What lies behind Turkish support for Azerbaijan

ANKARA – Turkey has firmly put its weight behind oil-rich Azerbaijan as a decades-old territorial dispute flared anew into an armed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region situated within Azerbaijan controlled by Armenia-backed ethnic separatists. Turkey, a NATO member with regional and global aspirations, has vowed to support longtime ally Azerbaijan “on the battlefield or the negotiating table,” if needed.

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Turkish govt accused of hiding true extent of virus outbreak

ANKARA – Turkey’s government is being accused of hiding the true extent of the country's coronavirus outbreak after the health minister revealed that the daily COVID-19 figures published by his ministry reflect only patients with symptoms and not all positive cases. Minister Fahrettin Koca acknowledged during a news conference late Wednesday that since July 29, Turkey has been reporting the number of patients being cared for in hospitals or at their homes.

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Orthodox church petitions UN over Istanbul's Hagia Sophia

ANKARA – The Greek Orthodox Church of the United States said Tuesday it is petitioning United Nations experts to coerce Turkey into protecting Orthodox Christianity's cultural heritage following the Turkish government's conversion of Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque.The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America said it was pressing U.N.

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Turkey accuses five nations of forming 'alliance of evil'

ANKARA – Turkey on Tuesday accused Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates of seeking to form an “alliance of evil” after these countries issued a joint declaration denouncing Ankara’s policies in the eastern Mediterranean and Libya.

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Turkey reports lowest daily COVID-19 death in over a month

ANKARA – Turkey on Friday reported 48 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours — the lowest number of daily fatalities in more than a month. The country’s total death toll now stands at 3,689.

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'Designated Survivor' Actor Responds to Netflix Pulling an Episode in Turkey

The actor whose performance as a fictional Turkish president on Netflix's Designated Survivor has led to a real-life political row has weighed in on the controversy. Netflix last week removed season 2 episode 7 of the political thriller series from its Turkish service after the government in Ankara claimed the show, in which Troy Caylak plays a villainous, fictional Turkish leader called Fatih Turan, violated its censorship laws.

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Turkey announces plan to ease virus restrictions

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Monday what he called a “normalization plan” to gradually ease restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic as the death rate falls, but warned of tougher measures to come should the number of infections rebound.

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Turkey vows solidarity with US in fighting virus outbreak

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to stand in solidarity with the United States in its struggle against the coronavirus pandemic and as it recovers from the outbreak.

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Turkey sends medical equipment to help US fight virus

ANKARA – Turkey has dispatched a planeload of personal protective equipment to support the United States as it grapples with the coronavirus outbreak.

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Turkish president rejects minister's resignation over virus

ANKARA – Turkey’s president has rejected the resignation of the country's interior minister who took responsibility for a poorly timed announcement of a weekend lockdown that prompted thousands of people to rush into the streets to stock up on supplies.

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Turkish prosecutors file indictment over Khashoggi killing

ANKARA – Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against 20 Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish media reports said Wednesday.

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