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News Summaries from Last Week - June 22nd

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News Summaries from Last Week - June 22nd
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ATTACK ON HDP…

An armed attack was carried out on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) at the İzmir provincial building. Onur Gencer, who killed the party employee Deniz Poyraz, was arrested. It was noted that this was by chance that something worse did not happen. HDP members wanted for the officials to find out not those who pulled the trigger but the forces that are behind this and they pointed to SADAT….  

The CHP also blamed the government on this issue and argued that armed militias, who knew nothing but to fight in vain after the stabilization of Libya and Syria, would be a great threat to Turkey in the future.

ERDOGAN-BIDEN MEETING

President Erdogan and US President Joe Biden met in Brussels, where they went for the NATO Summit. Erdogan said that Turkey's stance on issues such as the S-400 and F-35 has not changed. The soft and positive tone used by both Biden and Erdoğan in their statements drew attention…

TURKISH MILITARY WILL PROTECT KABUL

While the US and NATO forces withdrew, the request for financial and logistical support of the 500-member  of Turkish Forces to continue its stay in Afghanistan's capital Kabul was accepted by the US.
 In the statement made; It has been announced that Biden and Erdogan have agreed on the Turkish military's continuing to stay in Kabul, and that the United States has begun preparations for financial and logistical support.

ONE NATION, TWO STATES!

The Shusha Military Cooperation Agreement was signed between Turkey and Azerbaijan. Russia reacted to the agreement, which led to Turkey's claims that it would establish a military base in Azerbaijan. Dmitry Peskov, who is the spokesman for the Kremlin Palace and the President of Russia, said "This is a move that will force Russia to take security measures,".

IRAN ELECTED THE PRESIDENT

There were no surprises in the election. As expected, Iran's new president became the conservative candidate Ibrahim Reisi, who is the head of the Supreme Judiciary. Due to the opposition's call for a boycott, only 48 percent of the 59 million voters went to the polls.

USA AND RUSSIA AGREED 

In the joint statement published after the meeting between US President Biden and Russian President Putin in Geneva, it was announced that a common attitude was adopted against the reduction of nuclear weapons.

INCREASE IN POVERTY

The results of TUIK`s (Turkish Statistics Organization) 2020 Income and Living Conditions Survey showed that the rate of “absolute poor people suffering from severe financial deprivation” increased by 1.1 percentage points to 27.4 percent in 2020. According to the results of the TUIK research, approximately one third of the population of Turkey, that is, 27 million 600 thousand people, is in absolute poverty.

FOREIGN DEBT
 
The ratio of foreign debt stock to national income, which fell below 35 percent in previous years, almost doubled as of the end of 2020 and rose to 62.8 percent. The largest foreign debt repayment of this year alone will be made in November.


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