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Ali Cinar -2 Subat 2013 - Türkiye’ye 8 ocakta giriş yapan ve en son kendisinden 21 ocakta haber alınan ve sonra olu olarak bulunan ABD vatandaşı Sarai Sierra gundemden dusmuyor. Amerikalı Sarai Sierra’nın eşi Steven Sierra ve kardeşi David, Sierra’yı bulmak için İstanbuldalar suan. Atatürk Havalimanı’nda gazetecilerin sorularını cevaplayan Sierra’nın eşi Steven Sierra, “Ben ve kardeşim geçen hafta kaybolan eşim Sarai Sierra’ yı bulmak için Amerika’dan gelmistik. Konsolosluğa gidiyoruz. Eşimden en son geçen pazartesi sabahı, 21 ocakta haber aldık. Eve geleceğinden dolayı heyecanlıydı. 22 ocakta Amerika’ya dönmesi gerekiyordu. Olum haberi bizi kahretti dedi.

February 6, 2013
Published in Turkey

Credit Suisse Bank Cut Tempers Moody?s Optimism: Turkey Credit

By Taylan Bilgic & Benjamin Harvey - Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN)’s downgrade of Turkish bank stocks is sobering sentiment for traders counting on a sovereign upgrade by Moody’s Investors Service to prolong the best bond rally in emerging markets. Credit Suisse cut its view on the country’s banks, saying lenders are “vulnerable to potential risk factors that the market has been neglecting,” according to an e-mailed report dated Jan. 25. The yield on the nation’s two-year notes rose for the first time in nine days, trimming the biggest rally among 17 emerging markets, as bank stocks tumbled.

January 28, 2013
Published in Turkey

Zuma Applauds New Turkish Mosque in South Africa

Johannesburg — South Africa's tourism is set to benefit from the first mosque built in South Africa to cater for the Turkish Islamic community, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. Speaking at the official opening of the mosque - a first on the continent of Africa and the largest religious complex in the southern hemisphere - Zuma said the facility will help create greater understanding and tolerance between diverse religions.

October 5, 2012
Published in Turkey

US Bank Guarantees $66 Million for Power Equipment Exports to Turkey

The US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) has guaranteed $66.3 million to facilitate the export of American power plant to Bis Enerji Elektrik Uretim AS (Bis) of Turkey. Ex-Im Bank's financing will support more than 160 American jobs in Houston, Texas; Wellsville, N.Y.; Orlando, Fla.; and Lewiston, Maine. "Ex-Im Bank's loan guarantee affords the U.S. companies involved an opportunity to export their American-made products to a Turkish market hungry for electricity," said Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg. "Equally important is the loan guarantee's impact on American jobs, which will benefit from the increased business."