Turkish Finance Minister Lutfi Elvan said Thursday he expects Turkey to see 5.5%-6% growth in the first quarter, double-digit growth in the second quarter with the base effect and above 5% growth throughout the year. In a television interview, Elvan said economic activity revived in the first quarter of 2021,

The ongoing talks between Iran and major world powers in the Austrian capital Vienna have hit a snag over the fate of Iran’s advanced centrifuges. According to reports, the US and its European allies participating in the talks have insisted on the destruction of the recently installed IR-4, IR-6, and

The Turkish Treasury’s cash balance posted a deficit of 13.29 billion Turkish liras ($1.62 billion) last month, the country Ministry of Treasury and Finance Ministry announced on Friday. In April, the Treasury’s cash revenues totaled 97.45 billion Turkish liras ($11.9 billion), showing a 48% yearly increase.
 Its expenditures, including interest

Turkey has ratified agreements with Djibouti and Georgia in various areas, according to the Official Gazette on Friday. The ratification of Air Services Agreement between the governments of Turkey and Djibouti that was signed in western Izmir province in May 2012 was published in the Gazette. The agreement grants various

An inactivated coronavirus vaccine developed by Turkish scientists has been included on a list of vaccines recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the director of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) said Thursday. Prof. Hasan Mandal noted that it is the second vaccine to make it

The EU prepares to send a military training mission to Mozambique, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said on Thursday. “We are considering a potential European Union training mission, like the ones that we already have in several African countries,” Josep Borrel told reporters after EU defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels.