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The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing the potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, sparking an immediate...

The lira slid as much as 4% against the dollar on Tuesday as Turkey girded for inflation to rise further after touching a 19-year peak, even as President Tayyip Erdogan said the worst of the economic turmoil was left behind.

UPDATE 1-Erdogan says 10 mln CoronaVac doses could reach Turkey by weekend Reuters 1/22/2021 (Adds Erdogan quotes, details) ISTANBUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday China had approved delivery of a second consignment of the CoronaVac vaccine and 10 million doses could arrive in Turkey by this weekend. Turkey has already received an initial consignment of three million doses of the vaccine, produced by Sinovac Biotech , and has so far vaccinated more than 1....

UPDATE 2-Erdogan: European court ruling on jailed Kurdish politician hypocritical Reuters 12/23/2020 (Adds comments from Demirtas lawyer, context) By Ali Kucukgocmen and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan accused Europes top rights court of hypocrisy on Wednesday for calling on Turkey to release a jailed Kurdish politician, saying it was defending a "terrorist", a stance rejected by his defenders as a cover to stifle democracy. The Grand Chamber of the European...