NBK Capital exits Turkey hospital chainNBK Capital, a leading bank in Kuwait, has announced the sale of its equity stake in Dunya Goz, Turkey’s largest ophthalmology hospital chain, to the founding shareholder. This is yet another realization for NBK Capital Equi More… |
Iraq Trade Bank to expand into Lebanon, TurkeyState-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) plans to expand its domestic presence as well as open branches in Lebanon and Turkey to tap growing trade between the countries, the bank's top executive said on Thursday. The bank, set up More… |
Turkey shuts Syria border after bombingsTurkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar al-Assad's government, stepping up security following two deadly bombings this month. Fifty-one people were killed when twin More… |
Turkish Airlines adds 4 new destinationsTurkish Airlines will start operations to four new destinations this month, in addition to Friedrichshafen in Germany, to where it started flying on May 2. The new destinations are Isparta (Turkey), Santia More… |
Turkey pressures UN on Syria no-fly zoneTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said it would be up to the UN Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace talks. Speaking More… |
Turkey's IMF emancipation deserves cautious cheerThe author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own. Turkey is finally standing on its own two feet. That's the message Ankara is sending to international investors with the payment thi More… |
Turkey sees Assad's hand in twin car bombingsTurkey said on Sunday it believed fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were behind twin car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town. More… |
43 killed in car bombing on Turkey-Syria borderTwin car bombs killed 43 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday and the government said it suspected Syrian involvement. The bombing increased fears that Syria's civil war was draggin More… |
Turkey to help Iraq build more oil, gas pipelinesOpec member Iraq will need new oil pipelines to export its crude to world markets as it prepares to raise production, and Turkey is keen to help its neighbour build the infrastructure, said Turkey's Energy Minister. Iraq, the More… |
Turkey to build home-grown nuclear industryTurkey is aiming to build a home-grown nuclear industry over the next decade as it seeks to cut reliance on costly imported oil and gas, even though the nuclear newcomer outsourced its first two atomic power plants to foreign firms, said experts More… |








