The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) announces that it has affirmed its BB ratings on Turkeys foreign and local currency long-term senior debts with the outlook on the ratings stable. The JCR says that the ratings primarily reflect the countrys improving financial position as compared with the one during the 2001 economic crisis while the ratings are constrained by the structural instability of the countrys external balance and resultant weakness in its foreign currency liquidity position. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more