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2018 Bull Market All About the Earnings, Analyst Says
Samantha Azzarello, global market strategist at JP Morgan, says M&A and geopolitics are less relevant to this bull market than widespread earnings growth.
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Turkish lira falls as tensions rise again with the US
Turkey's lira has weakened further against the dollar after US President Donald Trump said he would give Turkey no concessions in return for the release of a detained American pastor. Also on Tuesday, Ankara said it would make an...
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Turkey: former NATO officer speaks of torture after failed coup
More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey's 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed. One of them was Cafer Topkaya, recalled from Brussels. He's now back in Belgium after escaping...
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Turkish Lira plummets leaving the Euro struggling
The Euro sank to its lowest levels in over a year on Friday with investors dumping their eurozone shares. The currency fell 0.6% to around $1.142, with the European Central Bank increasingly concerned about Spain, Italy and France being...
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Gulenist Turkish teacher kidnapped in Mongolia freed after authorities ground flight
A Turkish teacher with links to the Gulenist movement was allegedly kidnapped in the Mongolian capital and taken to the city's airport. Veysel Akcay was later released after authorities grounded an airplane, according to local media....
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Nineteen people have died after a boat carrying 150 migrants sank near Cyprus
Nineteen people have died after a boat carrying 150 migrants sank off the coast of northern Cyprus. Northern Cypriot and Turkish coast guards together with helicopters rescued 103 migrants with the help from commercial vessels in the...
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Brief from Brussels: Saving Syria's lost generation
More than two million Syrian children don’t go to school and they’re among refugees in countries such as Turkey. We’re looking at the risk of a lost generation in the endless conflict, in this edition of the Brief from Brussels. Turkey...
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Thousands take part in Belgian Pride event
Thousands took part in the 23rd Belgian Gay Pride event in Brussels. Among them, Turkish LGBT who're escaping the Turkish government. A 50 year old Turkish man has been living in Brussels for 5 years and says it was very difficult living...
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Turkish fan gets 'banned' from team's stadium — so he hires a crane to watch the game
A Turkish football fan banned from his favourite team's stadium has signalled his unwavering passion for Denizlispor by hiring a crane to view a home match. Videos posted online show the supporter, Ali Demirkaya, waving Denizlispor on...
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Turkish fan got banned from team stadium — so he hires a crane to watch game
A Turkish football fan banned from his favourite team's stadium has signalled his unwavering passion for Denizlispor by hiring a crane to view a home match. Videos posted online show the supporter, Ali Demirkaya, waving Denizlispor on...
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FYROM, Albania moving closer to EU accession talks
The European Commission is pushing for the EU to expand into the western Balkans, a region with the reputation for lawlessness. Brussels has given the greenlight to FYROM and Albania to start accession talks, but needs the OK from member...
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Brief from Brussels: Aid for Syria, protecting whistleblowers
In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: European Commission unveils ‘game-changer’ proposals to protect whistleblowers from being fired or demoted. Campaigners welcome the move as a ‘bold step’ forward. And, governments and NGOs...
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Police officer by day, artist by night. The Turkish police officer with a gun and a brush
Ahmet Sula is a police officer by day and an artist by night . His 30-year career in Turkish law enforcement has included a spell with a special anti-terror unit in Istanbul. But Ahmet thinks his most powerful weapon is not a gun but a...
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Couple becomes culinary sensation with miniature-sized dishes
A couple has become Turkey's newest cooking sensation with their miniature-sized dishes that promote the culinary traditions of their country. Burcu Celenoglu Aydin and her husband Anil Aydin cook the dishes in a miniature kitchen with a...
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Europe's largest wooden building at risk of collapse
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage is the largest wooden construction in Europe and the second largest in the world. Located in Büyükada, one of the nine Princes’ Islands off the coast of Istanbul, it was built in 1898. The building housed an...
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Brief from Brussels: Will EU help solve Syria's conflict?
As the leaders of Turkey, Iran and Russia prepare to meet in Ankara to discuss the continuing war in Syria, one expert believes the EU could play a greater role in future in securing a resolution; and what next for EU’s fake news fight,...
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Watch how the Evros river floods parts of Greece and Turkey
Greece has declared a state of emergency in its northern border with Turkey after an overflowing Evros river reached peak levels and flooded the area last Friday. The river also engulfed riverbanks and fields in Edirne — near Turkey’s...
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CBC's Nil Koksal on Turkish designers recycling trash into trendy accessories
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Kidnappings, murder and ISIL: A Syrian family’s voyage to France
In spring 2013, Syria’s government lost the city of Raqqa to rebel militants. It would later become the de facto capital of the so-called Islamic State (ISIL), a jihadist terror group. Raqqa was also home to the Khatib family, who...
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Will Turkey-EU summit help heal wounds?
Turkey has been trying to make headway on its stalled membership bid at a summit with the EU. But criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's perceived authoritarianism and Ankara's intervention in Syria make for an uncomfortable...
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'Turkey needs Europe, Europe needs Turkey'
Turkey's not exactly the flavour of the month in the EU right now, but - as the two sides meet at a summit in Bulgaria - President Erdogan says it's time for the bloc to "keep to its promises." Ankara kicked off formal membership...
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Brief from Brussels: What next for EU-Turkey relationship?
In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The future of Turkey-EU relations is in the spotlight, as both sides meet for a summit in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Varna. With membership talks having collapsed, but Ankara being a...
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Brief from Brussels: Greece asks EU to help free soldiers held in Turkey
In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: Greece calls for EU to help free two soldiers arrested in Turkey; and Belgian residents get free iodine pills, in case of a nuclear disaster.
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Greece calls on EU to help free soldiers arrested in Turkey
Greece is calling on the EU and others to help secure the release of two of its soldiers arrested in Turkey last week. Athens says the pair had been on a border patrol, when they strayed because of bad weather. "Turkey is a member of...