A woman protesting against European Central Bank policy leapt onto a desk in front of ECB President Mario Draghi on April 15as he spoke at a news conference, disrupting the normally technical presentation before she was carried away.
TÜİK’s data shows that the number of unemployed persons has risen by 454 thousand between January 2014 and 2015. Youth unemployment rate was announced as 20 percent.
The unemployment rate was 9.9 percent in 2014, rising from 9.7 percent in the previous year, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) announced on March 6.
Academy of Social Economy organizes the fourth training session in Dêrik.
The euro slid to a nine-year low against the dollar as investors predicted the European Central Bank (ECB) may act to stimulate the economy.
The following article ‘Enerji ve Şengal‘ was written by M. Ali Çelebi and appeared in Özgür Gündem. It has been translated into English below.
The following interview was conducted with Dr. Amaad Yousef, the Minister of Economy for the Efrîn Canton in Rojava by Sedat Yılmaz and appeared in Özgür Gündem. Yılmaz spoke with Dr. Yousef as he took part in a conference organized by the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) in the city of Van last month. The subject of the conference was the ‘Democratic Economy.’ The interview has been translated into English below.
The Central Iraqi Government and South Kurdistan Government have reached a final agreement over the share of oil and budget Tuesday, according to Kurdish officials.
On 15th November 2014, Iranian government claimed it has inaugurates the Middle East’s largest gold mine located at 35Km east of Tikab city (Urmiye province).
Daylight-saving time in Turkey will end on Sunday and clocks across the country will be turned back one hour at 4:00 a.m. on October 26.
Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Bazrani to visit Turkey for two days to participate in the World Economic Forum.
The unemployment rate in Kurdistan has risen from 7% to 10% while investment has declined from 16 billion to 3 billion dollars.
Kurds in South Kurdistan last week took the streets to protest increasing prices of oil in Hewlêr, Ranya, Helepçe, Seyîd Sadiq and many other regions.
The Kurdish government is now able to sell $100 million of crude oil after a US judge threw out on Monday a lawsuit filed by the Iraqi government against the sale, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
A delegation of ministers from the Federal Kurdistan region is to visit Ankara in order to collect the oil revenues accumulated in the Turkish Central Bank.
The co-mayors of Batman are demanding a share of the revenue from oil extracted in the province.
According to the received news from local sources, the Federal Kurdistan Region Parliament is going to discuss the fuel crisis next Monday.
Central Bank has cut its benchmark rate to 8.75 from 9.5 percent amid mounting pressure form the prime minister for lower interest rates that would support growth.
Federal Kurdistan Region started exporting crude oil via the Turkey's port of Ceyhan, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said in a press statement.
Two deputy chairmen and a unit head in Turkey’s main stock exchange Borsa Istanbul (BIST) have left their offices amid a major reshuffle that is shaking the ranks of nearly every state-linked institution.