by CBBSS | May 11, 2018 | Regional News
After new Armenian PM Nikol Pashinian said Yerevan is ready to establish relations with Ankara, Turkish PM Binali Yildirim responded, saying Turkey is willing to consider an offer from Armenia to ease tensions and establish diplomatic relations, RFE/RL reports. The...
by CBBSS | May 9, 2018 | Regional News
After U.S. President Trump announced he was pulling out of the international nuclear deal with Iran and reapplying sanctions on Tehran, the Turkish lira fell to a record low of 4.3371 to the dollar and then dropped further Wednesday morning to 4.3668 to the dollar,...
by CBBSS | May 7, 2018 | Regional News
In an interview with Hurriyet Daily News, Portuguese Ambassador to Turkey Paula Leal da Silva said about 2,000 Turkish Jews have applied for Portuguese citizenship since Portugal adopted a law two years ago that grants nationality to the descendants of Sephardic Jews...
by CBBSS | May 7, 2018 | Regional News
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Erdogan in Turkey on Monday and then Putin in Moscow on Tuesday amid a diplomatic offensive that has included recent meetings with Merkel and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Balkan Insight reports. With Erdogan,...
by CBBSS | May 6, 2018 | Regional News
Turkish FM Melvut Cavusoglu said Ankara will “absolutely retaliate” if the U.S. enacts a law halting weapons sales to Turkey, Reuters reports. As currently drafted, the annual U.S. National Defense Authorization Act calls for the Defense Department to...
