English By Dorian Jones Share on Facebook Print this page ISTANBUL - The fate of tens of thousands of Uighur refugees in Turkey faced with possible deportation to China is threatening to become an embarrassing political debacle for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has long positioned himself as an avowed defender of Muslim rights globally.
FILE - Leader of the Good Party Meral Aksener gestures as she speaks during the party s 4th Extraordinary Meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 3, 2019. They tell you that they re the biggest [defenders of] Muslims, but they fail to hear the cries of our brothers and sisters who are tortured for saying they re Muslim Turks, said Meral Aksener of Turkey s center-right Good Party in a speech Wednesday to her parliamentary deputies bashing Erdogan’s ruling AKP lawmakers.
2021-01-28 09:06:07 GMT2021-01-28 17:06:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ISTANBUL, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) Following a rough year marked by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey s economic outlook is slowly improving, but costly food prices remain a burden for much of the population.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday that it expects Turkey s economy to expand by around 6 percent in 2021 with the roll-out of a vaccine and recovery of trading partner growth. Inflation is expected to fall modestly by end-2021. and the current account deficit is expected to fall to 3.5 percent of GDP, in large part reflecting lower gold imports and a modest recovery of tourism, it said.