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TURKEY: Simsek to Visit Qatar, Kuwait to Meet Investors

TURKEY
  • Treasury & Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek will visit Qatar on Wednesday for talks with the country’s prime minister, finance minister, the CEO of Qatar Investment Authority and other unspecified investors, Anadolu Agency reports. After Qatar, Simsek will visit Kuwait to meet the finance minister and CEO of Kuwait Investment Authority.
  • Turkey blocked the social media platform Discord after a court cited concerns over its use by groups involved in child abuse, Bloomberg report citing Justice Minister Yilmaz. The piece adds that Turkey has a history of swiftly restricting access to websites, previously blocking platforms like X, YouTube, and Facebook.
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his party’s lawmakers this afternoon in Ankara. There are no major data releases scheduled for today, with unemployment rate and industrial production figures for August set for release tomorrow.
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  • Treasury & Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek will visit Qatar on Wednesday for talks with the country’s prime minister, finance minister, the CEO of Qatar Investment Authority and other unspecified investors, Anadolu Agency reports. After Qatar, Simsek will visit Kuwait to meet the finance minister and CEO of Kuwait Investment Authority.
  • Turkey blocked the social media platform Discord after a court cited concerns over its use by groups involved in child abuse, Bloomberg report citing Justice Minister Yilmaz. The piece adds that Turkey has a history of swiftly restricting access to websites, previously blocking platforms like X, YouTube, and Facebook.
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his party’s lawmakers this afternoon in Ankara. There are no major data releases scheduled for today, with unemployment rate and industrial production figures for August set for release tomorrow.