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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY TUR 009 / 1221 / OBS 130 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Ill-treatment / Excessive use of force Turkey December 21, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders,

The Turkish police on Monday launched a new nationwide operation against illegal and bootleg alcohol as dozens died of alcohol poisoning in Turkey. The Turkish Interior Ministry said in a statement that the police launched the "Poison 2" operation across 81 provinces against illegal and bootleg alcohol,

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to continue interest rate cuts that have made the Turkish lira the world’s worst performing currency over the past three months, referring to Islamic proscriptions on usury as a basis for his new policy push.

The anger sweeping along highways linking the humble hometown of Turkey’s leader and his plush lodgings in Ankara’s presidential palace is flashing a code red warning for Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Most Read from BloombergAcross the U.

Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark one-week repo rate by 100 basis points, from 16 percent to 15 percent, in line with market forecasts. The Monetary Policy Committee "decided to use the limited room implied by transitory effects of supply-side factors and other factors beyond monetary policy's control …

Tasmanian star Turk Warrior kept his unbeaten record intact with another impressive win in Launceston on Wednesday night. The three-year-old gelding trained by Glenn Stevenson put in another dominant on-speed performance to take out the $50,

Noront Resources is willing to talk to its new highest-priced suitor Wyloo Metals, the company controlled by Fortescue Metals chair Andrew Forrest.

Turk Warrior has gone from passed in at the sales to being unpassable on the race track as the three-year-old aims to keep his perfect record in tact in Wednesday night's 3YO Trophy at Launceston.

Benjamin Baird, deputy director of Islamism in Politics (IIP), a project of Middle East Forum’s Islamist Watch, spoke with Islamist Watch’s director Sam Westrop in a September 24 Middle East Forum Webinar about the malign influence network of Turkey’s Islamist regime inside the United States.

Australia's Turkish community has been watching on as a currency crisis unfolds back home. The country's lira is plummeting, creating a highly volatile situation with both winners and losers.