Foreign policy of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government

Turkish dramas focus of interest in Latin America

Turkey has exceeded $100,000 million in return from Turkish TV drama exports in recent years, and is now getting ready to collaborate with Latin American countries to enhance the industry, daily Hürriyet has reported.  

The Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) has been in efforts to mobilize and increase the contribution of Turkish dramas to tourism and trade. 

Turkey, Tanzania ink deals to boost trade, development

Turkey and Tanzania have signed nine agreements in defense, economic development, and health during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the East African country, according to Anadolu Agency.

Erdoğan, accompanied by several Turkish officials and trade representatives, met his Tanzanian counterpart, John Magufuli, at the country's Presidential Palace.        

Indications that Cyprus summit could be lower profile than anticipated

As the Greek government embarks on a campaign to brief international players, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, on Greece's positions ahead of the multilateral summit in Geneva on Cyprus, a senior representative of the Turkish-Cypriot breakaway state in the island's north hinted on Tuesday that it could be held without all of the leaders of the participant countries.

Game changer Turkey

What was the cost of Turkey realizing its acute wrong Syria policy? I could start counting the costs by placing right at the top Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkey's former prime minister. Davutoğlu's continued premiership would have made it impossible for Turkey to modify its Sunni-obsessed perspective by crippling its historical, cultural and of course political clout.

Antidote is investment, President Erdoğan says at DEİK general assembly

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on businesspeople to make investments in order to overcome the stagnation in the economy after the U.S. dollar gained against the Turkish Lira over the past two months, reiterating his call to use domestic currency in trade.

Turkey calls on Russia to lift sanctions, ease visa liberalization to boost trade

Turkey has reiterated its call on Russia to remove all sanctions imposed on trade and to ease visa restrictions to further boost economic cooperation, suggesting the normalization process between the two countries was not progressing at the desired pace. 

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