VTB Bank wants to be active in Turkeys investment banking market, Andrei Kostin, chairman of the Russian lender, said. Commenting on Sberbanks possible acquisition of the Turkish bank Denizbank, Kostin said that Turkish banks were attractive for the Russian lenders but VTB currently was not considering acquiring a bank in Turkey. Sberbank reportedly offered USD 2.7-2.9bn for Denizbank. |
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