Ron Paul - Weekly Update --- Turkey Now, America Later

08-27-2018 • https://www.youtube.com

We should look at Turkey's economic implosion as a cautionary tale.

If Putin Bails out Turkey Now He Could Fracture NATO, End Encirclement of Russia

08-23-2018 • https://russia-insider.com by Marshall Auerback

"Turkey is already up against the wall, deep in a currency/debt crisis, and all the US is offering is a doubling of sanctions and more insults. One has to imagine that Putin can come up with a far more appealing deal for Erdogan"

Trump vs Erdogan: Bitcoin Is the Answer to Turkey's Financial Chaos

08-21-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Latest reporting out of Washington appear to signal no deal struck between the Trump administration and the government of Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, potentially deepening an already fragile financial situation. Turkey's lira has

Turkish Lira Tumbles: SocGen Expects "Pain Threshold" Crash Pushing USDTRY To 8.00

08-20-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

With Turkish capital markets closed for a week-long holiday, traders expected last week's Turkish Lira fireworks to remain subdued.

Turkey's Collapse Could Send "Millions" Of Refugees Flooding Into Europe

08-17-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

As Turkey braces for a fresh round of US sanctions amid a plummeting lira and what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an says is "economic warfare" with Washington over the detention of US pastor Andrew Brunson, millions of refugees - primarily fro

"Virtually Everybody Knew This Was Coming"

08-17-2018 • Zero Hedge - Tyler Durden

Was it Turkey's "executive presidency" and its unwillingness to hike rates in the face of soaring inflation? Or maybe the record global debt accumulated over the past decade?

Turkey Stocks, Lira Slide After Mnuchin Threatens More Sanctions

08-17-2018 • Zero Hedge - Tyler Durden

The Lira and Turkish stocks are sliding notably after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that Washington is preparing more sanctions for Turkey due to the lack of progress on the release of Pastor Brunson.

How Turkey's Currency Crisis Came To Pass

08-12-2018 • http://www.moonofalabama.org, By b

President Erdogan of Turkey often asserts that 'foreign powers' (meaning the U.S.) want to bring him down. He says that the 'interest lobby' (meaning (Jewish) bankers), wants to damage Turkey. He is somewhat right on both points.

Lira Collapse To Jump the Mediterranean

08-11-2018 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Thomas Luongo

The Turkish Lira crisis is fundamentally different than the Russian Ruble crisis of 2014/15. This one has contagion risk.

Turkish lira plunges 14% versus dollar after Trump authorizes doubling metals tariffs on Turkey

08-10-2018 • https://www.cnbc.com by Fred Imbert

The Turkish lira added to its steep losses on Friday, hitting a record low after President Donald Trump announced he was doubling metals tariffs on Turkey.

Turkey Could Create A Larger Crisis Than Greece

08-10-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com by Daniel Lacalle

The Turkish Lira collapse should have surprised no one. Yet, in this bubble-justifying market, it did.

"It's a F**king Bloodbath" - Emerging Markets Collapse As Turkey Tantrum Spread

08-10-2018 • Zero Hedge - Tyler Durden

Throughout July, many sell-side analysts saw the 'stability' in EM assets as a sign that the worst was over and urged investors to pile back in to take advantage of 'blood on the streets' in EM at these cheap levels.

BREAKING: Major Escalation Pushing US-Turkey to the Brink of War Over CIA Imposter Pastor Brunson

08-02-2018 • https://www.newsbud.com

In this breaking news report, Newsbud's Founder & Editor Sibel Edmonds translates for the first time bombshell reports breaking in the Turkish press about the American pastor, Andrew Brunson, being detained in Turkey. Edmonds destroys the western med

Turkey Gets off the Reservation, Asks to Join BRICS

07-31-2018 • https://russia-insider.com, Tom Luongo

Erdogan wants to add a T to BRICS. BRICTS or TRICS?

Turkey Flips to BRICS while Assad Just Flips off Bibi

08-01-2018 • By Thomas Luongo Gold Goats n Guns

There is nothing more frustrating in American politics than discussing Israel. Nothing. It is difficult to maintain a balanced view of the situation when many people are ready to lynch you for putting a word wrong in relation to 'our greatest all

Turkey vows to keep buying Iranian oil: 'We will not obey'

07-25-2018 • washingtonexaminer.com, by Joel Gehrke

Turkey plans to keep purchasing Iranian oil in defiance of American sanctions on the rogue regime, according to the NATO ally's top diplomat.

Turkey Defies Trump, Will Keep Importing Iranian Crude

07-01-2018 • zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

Defying the Trump administration, Turkey said it would ignore the State Department's call on US allies to stop importing Iranian crude oil by November 4, when the latest sanctions against Iran are set to kick in.

Trump Is Putting the Kurds up for Auction. Only Talks With Damascus Can Save Them

06-26-2018 • https://russia-insider.com, Elijah J. Magnier

The US will not let go of Turkey, aware that Russia and Iran are waiting to receive Ankara with open arms. That means Kurds will be sacrificed

A Storm Is Brewing In The Southern Gas Corridor

06-25-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com

No less than Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci attended a gathering in Central Turkey on 1

Erdogan, ruling AK Party build comfortable lead in Turkish elections

06-24-2018 • http://news.trust.org, by Reuters

Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party took a comfortable lead in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to preliminary partial results, boosting the president's hopes of extending his 15-year rule.

An angry and erratic Erdogan is on the cusp of becoming more powerful than ever

06-24-2018 • https://www.yahoo.com, Raf Sanchez

Recep Tayyip Erdogan sat in stony silence as he listened to the complaints of his citizens.

Here's How Erdogan Plans To Steal Sunday's Election

06-23-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, By Tyler Durden

As Turks prepare to head to the polls Sunday in a snap election called by incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Policy has published what is essentially a summary blueprint outlining the ways Erdogan could steal the election, noting "Sund

Erdogan Predicts 'War Between the Cross and Crescent' over Austria Mosque Closures

06-11-2018 • http://www.breitbart.com by Simon Kent

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked Austria's impending closure of mosques and consequent expulsion of Turkish-funded imams, saying the move is anti-Islamic while promising a response.

As Good As Gold: Turkey Uses Bullion To Try To Stabilize Its Economy

06-04-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Simon Constable

Turkey's economy has been in a tailspin with an inflationary currency, but the country is attempting to use something rare to help stabilise itself: gold.

Turkey Repatriates All Gold From The US In Attempt To Ditch The Dollar

05-21-2018 • zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

After Venezuela, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands prudently repatriated a substantial portion (if not all) of their physical gold held at the NY Fed or other western central banks in recent years, one month ago

Turkey Calls On Europe To Criminalize "Islamophobia"

05-01-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com

Given Turkey's inhospitable treatment of non-Muslims throughout the ages, it is the height of hypocrisy for its foreign minister to complain about Europe's attitude towards Muslims, which has been the opposite of Islamophobic.

Gold Leaving US Vaults: Signs of Upcoming Currency War and Armed Conflict

04-27-2018 • By Peter Korzun Strategic Culture

The Turkish government has made the decision to repatriate all of its gold reserves that are currently housed in the US Federal Reserve System (FRS). Overall Turkey was storing 220 tonnes, valued at $25.3 billion, in the US, which it repossessed on A