Nurettin Canikli

Turkey eager to implement new economic reforms: Deputy PM Canikli

Ankara is continuing efforts to implement further structural economic reforms, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said on July 5.

"We will continue to implement reforms. As per instructions of our president, we have a 180-day action plan and efforts are underway to implement it," Canikli said. 

No ByLock users among active lawmakers: Turkish deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli has said there are no users of the smartphone application ByLock among active lawmakers.

Canikli added that necessary measures were being adopted regarding those using ByLock, an application used by the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), within ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) organizations and former lawmakers. 

Gov't claims main opposition CHP's march 'supports Gülenists'

The Turkish government has said the "justice march" of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to Istanbul "supports FETÖ," referring to what prosecutors call the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), believed to have been behind the July 2016 coup attempt.

Turkish Islamic banks, Islamic Development Bank sign deal to finance giant projects

Officials from the Islamic Development Bank and the Turkish Islamic Banks' Association (TKBB) signed a cooperation deal for financing infrastructure projects on May 25, Reuters has reported. 

The agreement was inked at a TKBB general assembly in Istanbul. No further details were immediately available.

Every weapon obtained by YPG constitutes a threat to Turkey: Turkish FM

Every weapon obtained by the People's Protection Units (YPG) constitutes a threat to Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on May 10, emphasizing Ankara's opposition to a U.S. deal to arming Syrian Kurdish fighters in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Turkey Says US Arming Kurdish Syria Fighters 'Unacceptable'

Turkey on Wednesday slammed as "unacceptable" a US announcement that Washington would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, AFP reported.

"The supply of arms to the YPG is unacceptable," Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli told A Haber television. "Such a policy will benefit nobody," he said.

Turkey to realize key tax, financial and production reforms in short run: Deputy PM

Turkey's government is set to realize key reforms in the areas of production, tax, severance pay and new financial instruments in the short run, a top official said May 5. 

Speaking in his opening speech at the Coordination Board for Improving Investment Climate meeting in Ankara, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said Turkey would continue to make reforms.

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