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Offline Scunner

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #100 on: January 17, 2014, 17:58:59 PM »

Bloomberg is now referring to the lira as being "in freefall"

Wasn't it Bloomberg who recently heralded the imminent turn and fightback of the lira just a couple of weeks ago?



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« Reply #101 on: January 17, 2014, 18:06:13 PM »
Wasn't it Jim Fraser?


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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #102 on: January 17, 2014, 19:19:49 PM »
You're right, I'm always getting those two muddled up.

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #103 on: January 17, 2014, 20:34:55 PM »
so am i

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« Reply #104 on: January 19, 2014, 11:05:44 AM »
Always nice to read last month's news John   ;)
Just testing  :)

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #105 on: January 20, 2014, 17:33:59 PM »
This is the final paragraph of a report in Al Monitor which highlights recent comments made by President Gul at a meeting last week with a large group of Turkeys foreign ambassadors where he challenged the current stance the government is taking on supporting the rebels in Syria:


But to have Gul come out like this is not good for Erdogan, especially as the country starts preparing for this summer’s presidential elections that could see the much more levelheaded Gul as his principal political rival..

I made this point some weeks ago and I believe Gul would actually be more moderate and less dictatorial BUT displacing RTE will take some courage, guts and guile - we will see........


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« Reply #106 on: January 20, 2014, 17:37:36 PM »
And strong backing. Which, since it seems Gul remains loyal to Gulen, might be forthcoming.

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Re: Turkish ministers' sons arrested
« Reply #107 on: January 20, 2014, 17:47:35 PM »
Agreed - although he might be wise not to play on that as RTE has tarnished the name and the reputation of the movement and will continue to do so.




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