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elsewhere due to its ties to the Chinese government and military, faces no such opposition in Turkey. Its share in the Turkish market has grown from 3% in 2017 to 30% in 2019.
• Chinese technology company ZTE took over 48% of Netas, Turkey’s key telecommunications equipment manufacturer, in 2016.
2.8​ ​Turkey’s ‘answer to Wagner Group’ denies US claims it’s supervising thousands of Syrian mercenaries in Libya
2.9​ ​Turkish lawyers hit out at visiting European Court of Human Rights head for failing to robustly defend human rights, rule of law
Turkey’s Sadat Group—which opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claim acts like his private presidential army and can be compared to Russia's Wagner Group, the private military company that provides mercenaries for foreign military operations approved by the Kremlin—has reportedly ​denied​ claims from the Pentagon's Africa Command that it is supervising thousands of Syrian mercenaries in Libya.
Turkish lawyers and advocates ​said​ on September 3 they were left very unimpressed by the first day of a four-day visit to Turkey being made by the head of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Robert Spano. They accused him of not defending human rights and the rule of law robustly enough while meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish justice minister and top judiciary in Ankara.
Arrest warrants issued in Turkey against 60 legal professionals violate the principles of evidence gathering and not identifying lawyers working with their clients as they pursue their work​, the Ankara Bar Association said​ in a press release.
2.10​ ​What about Borsa Istanbul?
For the Turkish lira-denominated equities on the Borsa Istanbul, it is of course all about​ the USD/TRY pair right now with Turkey’s assailed currency stumbling to all-time lows almost day by day.
13​ TURKEY Country Report​ October 2020 ​ ​www.intellinews.com