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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to bring peace and safety to Iraq and areas in Syria not under Turkish control and said terrorist organizations in those areas would be eliminated. Turkey, which has backed some rebel groups in Syria, has been working with Russia, which supports Syrian President Bashar

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published Jul 17th 2016, 5:05 pm, by Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures rose at the open, erasing losses triggered by the failed military coup in Turkey, a sign American markets will be spared financial fallout from unrest in the Mediterranean nation. Futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index

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©2016 Bloomberg View O1U7S46S9728 (Bloomberg View) — Investors worried about emerging markets face a vexing question: Which countries are actually the riskiest? By one measure — corporate leverage — Brazil and India stand out, though for China and Turkey the answer depends on how you look at it. As I noted

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Recently, the teachers union in Turkey decided to demonstrate against some of the policies of the country’s educational system. They organized a rally to demonstrate in favor of secularism in Turkey’s education system. The fuss began back in 2012 with the promotion of Imam Hatip Islamic schools by the government angered many

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©2015 Bloomberg News NP31NB6JTSED (Bloomberg Business) — Morgan Stanley called them the Fragile Five. Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey were the quintet of countries that suffered through a market rout two years ago after the Federal Reserve initially signaled it would reduce monetary stimulus — the so-called taper

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