(MENAFN - Arab News) Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan and Chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Saleh Kamel jointly launched a bridge for business and investments between Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Jeddah on Wednesday.

JEDDAH: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan and Chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and IndustryJeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCIJCCI) Saleh Kamel jointly launched a bridge for business and investments between Saudi Arabia and

ANKARA, Turkey — Over the past decade, Turks grew accustomed to the forceful tones of their prime minister on television, and things seemed oddly quiet when he vanished from public life for nearly a month after surgery. On Tuesday, workaholic Recep Tayyi

On Tuesday, wo

ANKARA, Turkey — Over the past decade, Turks grew accustomed to the forceful tones of their prime minister on television, and things seemed oddly quiet when he vanished from public life for nearly a month after surgery. Now he’s back. On Tuesday, workaho

(MENAFN - Arab News) A senior Turkish diplomat said in Riyadh Monday that Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan will hold wide-ranging talks with Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf in the capital on Tuesday on a range of "issues of common concerns wit

Now we have ministers arguing whether it is good enough for Turkey to expand its exports by nearly 20 percent at a time of diminishing demand overseas. It all started when Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan spoke against the exporters’ “all hail to the ca

Brightwell, a Turkish private investment company, is readying to bid for the acquisition of the recently bankrupt Swedish automobile company Saab, said the firm’s top executive. Saab plans to manufacture electric cars for the European and Middle Eastern

Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan hinted for the first time yesterday that if the economic situation in Europe were to deteriorate in the coming months, Turkey might be forced to pull down its ambitious 4 percent growth projection for 2012. The Internat

Turkey's economic growth will likely slow down to 4 percent this year from about 7.5 percent last year, a top government official said on Thursday. Ali Babacan, one of four deputy prime ministers, said the government might further adjust its forecast for

ANKARA, Turkey — A top Turkish government official says the country’s economic growth will likely slow down to 4 percent this year from about 7.5 percent last year, but insists the outlook is positive. Ali Babacan, one of four deputy prime ministers, sai

Drag the "Y!" ANKARA, Turkey - A top Turkish government official says the country's economic growth will likely slow down to 4 per cent this year from about 7.5 pe

(MENAFN) Turkey's deputy prime minister, Ali Babacan, said that in 2012, the country's economy would probably ease to 4 percent, compared with 7.5 percent in 2011, reported AP. Babacan added that the country's inflation rate, which grew to reach 10.45 pe

(MENAFN) Turkey's deputy prime minister, Ali Babacan, said that in 2012, the country's economy would probably ease to 4 percent, compared with 7.5 percent in 2011, reported AP. Babacan added that the country's inflation rate, which grew to reach 10.45 pe

Ali Babacan, one of four deputy prime ministers, said Thursday the government might adjust its forecast for growth of 4 percent depending on developments in Europe. He said the economy is expected to have grown by more than 7.5 percent in 2011. Babacan s

ANKARA -- With the economy growing at a record pace, Turkey's leaders exude confidence it can dodge any eurozone crisis fallout, but analysts warn a slowdown in its top trading partner will hit in 2012. Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan assert

After all, the G-20 shapes the agenda for drawing up the world's financial and economic rules. Yet it frustrates Turkish officials that the G-20 is in such disarray on some critical issues and, therefore, unable to come up with much-needed resolutions to

The share of domestic savings in Turkey's GDP declined by 3.2 percentage points in 2010 when compared with 2000, data from the Ministry of Development indicates. The share of savings in Turkey's GDP dropped to 14.6 percent in 2010 from 17.8 percent in 20

Turkey's ambassadors from all corners of the globe continue to gather daily to reflect on Turkish foreign policy and come to a comprehensive assessment, with close to 200 Turkish envoys meeting in Ankara on Monday for another round of discussions, this t