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☆ Kemal Dervis, Who Eased Turkey’s Economic Crisis, Dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Neil Genzlinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Kemal Dervis, an economist who was instrumental in leading his native Turkey out of economic crisis early in this century, and who later became the first person to lead the United Nations Development Program from a country that had received developmental aid from the program, died on Sunday in Bethesda, Md. The Brookings Institution, where Mr. Dervis had been the director and vice president of the global economy and development program and was a nonresident distinguished fellow, confirmed his death. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said he died of an unspecified illness. Mr. Dervis had been working in various posts for the World Bank for two decades when, in early 2001, prices in Turkey began skyrocketing and the currency, the lira, plunged in value. The meltdown was fast-moving, and Mr. Dervis, at the time a vice president of the World Bank, was seen as a savior.

☆ Even if Erdogan Loses the Election, Turkey Is in Trouble - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Cihan Tugal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Two of the opposition parties are headed by high-profile former members of the A.K.P. The other, Ahmet Davutoglu, is widely credited with its approach to foreign policy. The shift away from Mr. Babacan’s market-friendly policies was effectively enforced by a contraction in world markets a decade ago. In power, the shaky but real benefits of the A.K.P.’s ever-shifting mix and match of market-oriented and statist policies cemented these ties with the people. Without a clear alternative to the status quo, many people will stick with the political leadership they know.

☆ Factbox: Key players in Turkey's election campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Turkey's longest-serving leader logged more than a dozen election victories and survived an attempted coup in 2016. CHP LEADER KEMAL KILICDAROGLUKilicdaroglu, 74, head of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was named the six-party opposition alliance's presidential candidate in March. HOMELAND PARTY LEADER MUHARREM INCEFormer physics teacher and headmaster Muharrem Ince, 58, is seen as having little chance of becoming president. OPPOSITION FIGURES:IYI PARTY LEADER MERAL AKSENERFormer interior minister Meral Aksener, 66, leads the second-largest party in the opposition alliance, the centrist and nationalist IYI Party. ANKARA MAYOR MANSUR YAVASNationalist politician and lawyer Mansur Yavas, 67, defeated the AKP's Ankara mayoral candidate 2019 as the CHP candidate backed by an opposition alliance.

☆ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 inductees are…
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their 2023 class of inductees. In the performer category the group includes Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners. DJ Kool Herc and Link Wray will be the recipients of the Musical Influence Award, while Chaka Khan, Al Kooper and Bernie Taupin have been selected to receive the Musical Excellence Award. The inductes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are selected because the have “created music whose originality, impact, and influence has changed the course of rock & roll,” according to the organization. Ticket sale information will be announced at a later date.

☆ Turkey general election 2023 guide: what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And even if Kilicdaroglu wins the election, some analysts say Erdogan may not hand over power to his successor without a struggle. Here’s what you need to know about the vote that could become a pivotal moment in Turkey’s modern history:How Turkey’s elections workTurkey holds elections every five years. Parliamentary elections take place at the same time as the presidential elections. Four candidates are running for this year’s presidential election. CHP Istanbul mayor candidate Ekrem Imamoglu then went on to win the election re-run, dealing a blow to Erdogan.

Video footage from a drone flying down a street in Antakya’s Old City, which is covered in rubble and surrounded by collapsed buildings. Called Saray Street by locals, this stretch was once lined with more than 70 shops, restaurants and other businesses. The destruction on Saray Street is a fraction of all that was lost in Old City. Video clip of Saray Street before the quakes, showing stores and patrons during the holiday season. Damaged or destroyed historic or cultural landmark Map showing the boundaries of Old City and labeling cultural landmarks that were damaged or destroyed.

☆ One month after earthquake, survivors shelter in tents, rubble and trains
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Eftelya Arslan, 7, kisses her father Ahmet Arslan as he cares for his daughter Lara, 11, outside their tent in Orhanli tent city in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkey. Ahmet Arslan lost his wife and two other...moreEftelya Arslan, 7, kisses her father Ahmet Arslan as he cares for his daughter Lara, 11, outside their tent in Orhanli tent city in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Antakya, Hatay province, Turkey. Ahmet Arslan lost his wife and two other children during the earthquake. His daughter Lara, who's physically and mentally impaired, is having a very difficult time coping. "This is no place for her, but if they take her away from us, she's going to be even worse off," Arslan says.

[1/4] People gather for a funeral in a large graveyard, in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake outside Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 17, 2023. The scene in Pazarcik, epicentre of the quake that struck in the dead of night on Feb. 6, captured the struggle facing people trying to find and bury their dead since the disaster, which has killed more than 43,000 in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. Tents had been erected to perform Islamic burial rituals, and to wrap the bodies in a shroud. Ghassals - who prepare bodies for burial in accordance with Islamic rituals - had been working "in rotation as hundreds of bodies piled up at once", he added. On Friday, thousands across Turkey participated in symbolic funerals for the dead who were still under the rubble.

☆ In Turkey camp, young quake survivors enjoy moment of normality with face painting
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A woman paints on a child's face as part of entertainment for children affected by the deadly earthquake in Osmaniye, Turkey February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemOSMANIYE, Turkey, Feb 16 (Reuters) - With whiskers and colourful cat ears painted on their faces, young survivors of last week's earthquake at a humanitarian camp in Osmaniye, Turkey, enjoyed a moment of childhood normality on Thursday. Chattering excitedly, the children lined up to have their faces painted by social workers and volunteers at the camp, and to take part in sports. We may continue this for up to a year," said Ahmet Hasim Atalay, a social worker who has been helping at the camp. Many children were left homeless by the massive tremor that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

[1/7] Children draw at a makeshift shelter that hosts about 250 people, half of whom are children, following the the deadly earthquake in Mersin, Turkey, February 13, 2023. Anti-Syrian slogans such as "We don't want Syrians," "Immigrants should be deported," and "No longer welcome" trended on Twitter. TENSIONS ON THE RISETurkey is home to nearly 4 million Syrian refugees, having opened its borders to those fleeing the civil war that erupted there in 2011. Turkey has spent more than $40 billion since 2011 accommodating the refugees at a time of intense economic hardship in the country. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday a new influx of refugees from Syria to Turkey was "out of the question".

☆ Death toll rises to more than 21,000, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Ahmet Izgi | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesEmergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, four days after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 21,000. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the border region between Turkey and Syria, an area home to more than 13.5 million people, early Monday morning. Mustafa Turan rushed to his hometown of Adiyaman from Istanbul hours after the quake struck to check on his relatives. Aerial footage from over the earthquake zone in Turkey revealed entire neighborhoods of high-rises reduced to twisted metal, pulverized concrete and exposed wires. A woman sits next to the body of her nephew in Kahramanmaras, on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey.

☆ After huge Turkey quake, Diyarbakir residents pray for missing families
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Umit Ozdal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Feb 6 (Reuters) - In the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, residents were hoping and praying for news of relatives and friends after a massive earthquake and a huge aftershock turned apartment blocks into mounds of rubble and piles of shattered masonry. "My nephew is under the rubble, with his wife and kids," Ahmet Budak told Reuters after he had rushed towards their building. More than 2,400 people have been killed and thousands more injured in Turkey and northwest Syria. They worked alongside diggers that were guided in to move huge slabs of concrete and sheets of corrugated metal. Writing and additional reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Alison Williams and Edmund BlairOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ As rivals surged in 2022, ExodusPoint shed assets and employees amid mixed performance. It reshuffled its business in November.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

a hedge fund recruiter said, commenting on the calculus for hedge fund investors. At the end of 2021, the fund's exposure had been evenly split between fixed-income and equities, according to the investor documents. In all, more than 60 portfolio managers departed or were let go in 2022, according to the investor documents and people close to the matter. After the shakeup, ExodusPoint's income stream is now even more reliant on fixed-income trading — and that may not be such a bad thing. "The fixed income piece is doing incredibly well," another hedge fund recruiter said.

☆ „Ignorarea nemiloasă a normelor de drept internațional de către autoritățile de la Ankara”. Human Rights Watch despre răpirea lui Orhan Inandi
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Organizația internațională pentru drepturile omului Human Rights Watch a numit răpirea cetățeanului kirghiz Orhan Inandi de către serviciile speciale turcești „o ignorare nemiloasă a legilor și normelor de drept internațional”, realatează Kloop. „Orhan Inandi, directorul unei rețele de școli de prestigiu din Kârgâzstan, a devenit ultima victimă a serviciilor speciale turcești, implicate în transferul ilegal în Turcia a mai multor persoane din întreaga lume”, comentează răpirea lui Inandi Human Rights Watch. *Confruntarea dintre Erdogan și Gulen s-a intensificat în 2016. În plus, în urmă cu doi ani, Turcia a depus o cerere de extrădare a lui Orhan Inandi. În același an, Turcia a cerut extrădarea a doi angajați ai rețelei Zapat, pe profesorii de liceu Sinan Yilmaz și Sanjar Abdulhakim.

Persons: Orhan Inandi, El, Erdogan, Gulen, Hugh Williamson, Zhaparov, Inandi ., Sinan Yilmaz, Williamson, Ahmet Dogan, Inandi Organizations: Securitate, Ministerul, Externe, Universală Locations: Turcia, Kârgâzstan, Kenya, Ankara, Turciei, Europa, Asia Centrală, kirghiz, turc, Republicii Turcia

☆ Găgăuzia, ca factor în relația Moldovei cu Europa. Pe urmele noului Plan de acțiuni al Consiliului Europei pentru Moldova. Op-Ed de Veaceslav Craciun
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +9 min

Pe urmele noului Plan de acțiuni al Consiliului Europei pentru Moldova. În viziunea președintelui, acest subiect a fost politizat, ceea ce a condus la „compromiterea procesului”. Aceasta contravine intereselor Republicii Moldova”, a declarat Igor Munteanu. Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Publicistul Veaceslav Craciun a abosolvit cursurile de masterat ale Universității de Studii Europene din Moldova, specializându-se în drept internațional. Interese profesionale: regionalism, procesele politice din UTA Găgăuzia, relațiile autonomiei cu autoritățile centrale ale Republicii Moldova.

Persons: Veaceslav Craciun, Maia Sandu, Găgăuziei, Ungariei Barna Sigmund, Sandu, Maia Sandu . Sandu, Ahmet Yıldız, Igor Munteanu, Veaceslav Craciun Veaceslav Craciun Organizations: Europei, CEC, UTA, Gagauz, Electorală, Comisia, APCE, Adunarea, Universității de Studii Locations: Găgăuzia, Moldovei, Europa, Moldova, Chișinău, Comrat, Republicii Moldova, Republica Moldova, Strasbourg, UTA Gagauz - Yeri, Gagauz - Yeri, Ungariei, Budapestei, Secuiesc, Turciei, Parlamentul Moldovei, UE, UTA Găgăuzia

☆ CEDO: Turcia, condamnată sever pentru detenţia jurnalistului Ahmet Altan
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-14 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: romanialibera.roCEDO: Turcia, condamnată sever pentru detenţia jurnalistului Ahmet AltanCurtea Europeană a Drepturilor Omului (CEDO) a condamnat sever Turcia pentru detenţia cunoscutului jurnalist şi scriitor Ahmet Altan, urmărit în justiţie pentru presupusa lui implicare în puciul eşuat din iulie 2016, transmite AFP. În noiembrie 2019, poliţia turcă l-a arestat pe Ahmet Altan la numai o săptămână după ce a fost eliberat din închisoare în urma reluării procesului în care a fost acuzat de legături cu tentativa de lovitură de stat din 2016, scrie Agerepres. Altan fusese închis din septembrie 2016, la două luni după eşecul puciului din Turcia împotriva preşedintelui Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Autorităţile de la Ankara acuză de organizarea loviturii de stat reţeaua clericului Fethullah Gulen, stabilit în SUA. Organizaţii pentru drepturile omului şi aliaţii occidentali ai Turciei consideră că în acest caz, ca şi în altele, au fost încălcate drepturi fundamentale.

Persons: Ahmet Altan Organizations: Drepturilor, CEDO Locations: Turcia, detenţia, justiţie, preşedintelui Recep, Ankara, SUA, Turciei

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