John Paul Rathbone
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FT Turkey bureau chief Still mainly on Twitter @JP_Rathbone but slowly moving over to here. Author: "The Sugar King of Havana: the rise & fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon" DMs open
Yolsuzlukla mücadele mi, mal varlığına el koyma mı? Yüzlerce özel şirketin devredilmesiyle bir devlet fonu Türkiye’nin en büyük holdinglerinden biri oldu — siyasi amaçlı el koyma endişeleri artıyor. on.ft.com/3J51JDQ via @financialtimes.com
Crackdown or capital grab? Turkey state fund controls 1,000 businesses
[FREE TO READ] Anti-corruption drive transfers hundreds of companies to a deposit guarantee fund in the past year
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Corruption crackdown or asset grab? A state fund has become one of Turkey’s largest business holdings after an anti-corruption drive transferred 100s of private companies into government hands, raising concerns of a politically-motivated asset grab on.ft.com/3IWNAbR via @financialtimes.com
Crackdown or capital grab? Turkey state fund controls 1,000 businesses
[FREE TO READ] Anti-corruption drive transfers hundreds of companies to a deposit guarantee fund in the past year
on.ft.com
Is this the end of Atatürk’s party? What began in March with the arrest of Istanbul mayor İmamoğlu has turned into the possible evisceration of a Turkish institution that Atatürk once described as “a source of pride” & even, if apocryphally, his child on.ft.com/4nszbm9 @financialtimes.com
Is this the end of Atatürk’s party?
[FREE TO READ] A campaign threatens to give President Erdoğan control of Turkey’s largest opposition force, started by the nation’s founder
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Interview: head of Turkey’s opposition accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’. Özgür Özel says that CHP will use ‘cunning’ ploys and protests to fight off lawsuits that could gut CHP party leadership on.ft.com/45SaSbv
Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’
[FREE TO READ] Özgür Özel says CHP will use ‘cunning’ ploys and protests to fight off lawsuits that could gut the party’s leadership
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RÖPORTAJ...Türkiye’nin muhalefet lideri Erdoğan’ı ‘hukuki darbe’ ile suçladı. Özgür Özel, CHP’nin yönetimini zayıflatabilecek davalara karşı ‘kurnaz’ hamleler ve protestolarla mücadele edeceklerini söyledi.” on.ft.com/45SaSbv via @financialtimes
Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’
[FREE TO READ] Özgür Özel says CHP will use ‘cunning’ ploys and protests to fight off lawsuits that could gut the party’s leadership
on.ft.com
Turkish stocks fall after court ousts Istanbul opposition leadership in a potentially landmark ruling that could hobble challengers to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. on.ft.com/3JJpgKv via @financialtimes.com
Turkish stocks fall after court ousts Istanbul opposition leadership
[FREE TO READ] Market move recalls investor panic following arrest of city mayor and presidential rival Ekrem İmamoğlu
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The culture war roiling Turkey’s elite Boğaziçi university Its elegant grounds are home to battles that encapsulate broader Turkish travails - & mirror disputes in US & Hungary, where Trump & Orbán have also sought to bring top universities to heel on.ft.com/3JJp4uL
The culture war roiling one of Turkey’s top universities
[FREE TO READ] Complaints over state interference at Boğaziçi University trigger unrest that mirrors conflicts in US and Hungary
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“One way or another, the Europeans are going to have to pick up more of the burden. The question is whether this will be a managed process or chaotic one” In the age of Trump, a rising China and a revanchist Russia, our FT deep dive into whether Europe can defend itself on.ft.com/4i1wKVQ
Can Europe defend itself with less American help?
[FREE TO READ] The continent will have to spend more as Trump refocuses policy elsewhere. But replacing US military heft will not be easy
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