Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate by three points points to 43%, returning down the path of monetary easing. The step marked the first rate reduction since April, when the bank hiked rates to 46% in the wake of the controversial arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, which sent the Turkish lira tumbling.

The central bank said it would lower its benchmark rate to 43% from 46%, restarting an easing cycle that had been disrupted by a political furor.

Turkish officials say Syria’s interim government has requested Turkey’s help to boost its defense capabilities.

In a clip, Adams knocked Mamdani and Cuomo for traveling and joked about visiting Istanbul, a reference to his federal corruption charges.

The pop star was presented with a massive three-tier cake topped with sparklers as bottle girls hoisted champagne in the air and danced to her new single.

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out who the cargo belongs to.

But they must not allow Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to use peace as a smokescreen for repression. Having ruled for over two decades, first as prime minister and then as president, Turkey’s strongman is openly musing about yet another term in power.

After Thursday morning's attack at Turkey Mountain, Smith says it served as a harsh reminder to stay alert. "I'll typically do like LaFortune or like on Riverside, on like the visible, like heavily trafficked areas," she said. She works at Tulsa Runner and carries pepper spray during every run.