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contract signed with the government in 2019.
Canadian miner Alamos Gold said on April 20 that its Netherlands unit will file an investment treaty claim exceeding $1bn against Turkey after Turkey’s agriculture and forestry ministry revoked its mining licence.
Almost 40% of the 33mn tonnes of waste exported by European Union countries to non-EU countries in 2020 went to Turkey.
The Kremlin is not allowing Erdogan to participate in the Ukraine tension, as it allowed for the Nagorno-Karabakh tension.
2.3 Polls and sociology
Murat Ulker, who owns 63% of Turkish conglomerate Yildiz Holding, remains Turkey’s richest billionaire, according to Forbes’ 2021 list of the world's wealthiest people. Altogether, 26 Turks are present on the 2021 ranking.
In Q1, Iranians topped the list of foreign home buyers in Turkey at 1,599 properties, followed by Iraqis at 1,461 units. Russians bought 938 units while Afghans purchased 700.
The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) report for 2020 concludes that Turkey’s non-compliance rate was the worst of all the group’s member states.
According to Transparency International, fraud costs Turkey $40bn per year.
A January 2020 report by Denmark-based company GAN noted: “Public procurement and construction projects [in Turkey] are particularly prone to corruption, and bribes are often demanded.”
Turkey’s former Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan confirmed that the Turkish trade ministry has bought disinfectants worth TRY9mn ($929,000) from two companies owned by her and her husband. Erdogan appointed Mehmet Mus as his new trade minister, removing Ruhsar Pekcan from the post, on April 21.
Fears that Istanbul could face a scarcity of water have been alleviated. Recent rainfall has lifted water levels in the dams supplying the city to an average of 80%. The average was just 19.1% at the beginning of 2021.
Mayor of Ankara Mansur Yavas and Iyi Party leader Meral Aksener are in row with China over the Uighurs.
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