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In recent years, Turkey’s domestic policy has become increasingly undemocratic while its aggressive foreign policy has contributed to a dangerous instability in the region. Turkey under the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the world’s number two jailer of journalists, a haven for Islamist extremism, and an aggressor in the MENA and Mediterranean regions.
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Turkey to cut power, gas prices in April -Erdogan
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The @ilo released new assessments of the earthquake's impacts on the Turkish labor market. Hundreds of thousands of workers in Turkey & Syria have lost their livelihoods. https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_873769/lang--en/index.htm
BREAKING:
The Hungarian Parliament has just ratified Finland’s application for NATO membership.
182 MPs voted yes, while 6 were against.
The only country left to ratify it is Turkey.
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Peru police seize $20 mln of cocaine headed for Turkey http://reut.rs/3lMZyJr
#Turkey Elections: Kemal Kilicdaroglu "has strategic patience, but not in a Machiavellian way,” a former CHP lawmaker tells @AlMonitor
Read @amberinzaman's profile on top #Erdogan challenger http://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/meet-kemal-kilicdaroglu-turkeys-long-derided-opposition-head-who-could-dethrone#ixzz7x9L7Dw4H
1/6 @ProfBilgeYilmaz, who is seen by analysts as a stronger contender to become Turkey's next economy czar if opposition bloc prevails at elections, told @NikkeiAsia , they will inherit "the wreckage of the century" https://s.nikkei.com/3Gkr8VF