Hollywood Turkish Film Fest 'fulfills long-held dream'

Hollywood Turkish Film Fest 'fulfills long-held dream'

The festival, running through Monday, features 3 Turkish films as well as 5 short movies showing in Los Angeles

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Ramping up rhetoric, Turkey's Erdogan chastises U.S. over democracy

Ramping up rhetoric, Turkey's Erdogan chastises U.S. over democracy
Dirimcan Barut, Tulay Karadeniz

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan showed no retreat from a diplomatic row with the United States on Saturday, castigating Washington for what he said an “undemocratic” indictment against his security detail.

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Here's How to Pull Turkey Back From the Brink - Bloomberg Quint

Here's How to Pull Turkey Back From the Brink

Since its founding nearly a century ago, Turkey's foreign policy goal has been summed up in a simple phrase: “No problems with our neighbors.” But the situation today is different: “all our neighbors have problems.” And the Turks have plenty of their own.

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Turkish banks could face big U.S. fines over Iran - report | Daily Mail Online

Turkish banks could face big U.S. fines over Iran - report

By Reuters

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Six Turkish banks face billions of dollars of fines from U.S. authorities over alleged violations of sanctions with Iran, the Haberturk newspaper reported on Saturday, citing senior banking sources.

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Turkey Wealth Fund Shows Signs of Life as It Seeks Foreign Loan - Bloomberg

Turkey Wealth Fund Shows Signs of Life as It Seeks Foreign Loan
By Kerim Karakaya
and Ercan Ersoy
October 20, 2017, 9:59 AM GMT+2 October 20, 2017, 11:39 AM GMT+2

Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund has approached international banks including China’s ICBC for a loan, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg, showing its first signs of life after more than a year of inactivity brought on by internal disputes over its strategy and management.

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How the Kurdish independence referendum backfired spectacularly - The Washington Post

How the Kurdish independence referendum backfired spectacularly

IRBIL, Iraq — When Kurdish forces recaptured the town of Sinjar from the Islamic State two years ago, the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region gave a triumphant speech on a mountainside, with a breathtaking view of plains behind him.

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