Turkish association

Turkey said on Thursday that it supports the legitimate demands of the Turks in North Macedonia for a just and transparent census, following claims by a local ethnic Turkish association that the number of Turks recorded in the recent census is unrealistically low.

The head of a Turkish association of hundreds of retail firms called on the government on Nov. 27 to halve value added tax on store rents to help retailers hit by the lira’s recent fall to record lows.

With so many alternative suppliers in its neighborhood, Turkey should not worry about being dependent on imported gas, provided it can develop an energy strategy to secure competitive prices, the head of Turkish Association for Energy Economics has said. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Feb. 15 said voting "no" in the upcoming referendum on the constitutional amendments would not create an environment of chaos, but voting "yes" would pull the country into a "catastrophe."

The mayor and leaders of a Bosnian Serb town are in hot water for advocating closer ties with Turkey - a country that many Bosnian Serbs see as the international champion of Bosnia's Muslims.