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President Trump and Erdogan were on relatively good terms before this latest spat, as the American president has even congratulated the Turkish authoritarian for consolidating power.

Pierami, an engineer, had driven over the bridge many times before.

The Trump administration has demanded that Brunson, a pastor from North Carolina who has lived in Turkey for decades, be allowed to return to the United States.

The decree will raise tariffs on American vehicle imports by 120-percent, alcohol by 140-percent and tobacco by 60-percent. “But there will be a price [which] those who’re waging an economic warfare against Turkey will also pay”.

Neither side appears willing to back down in the dispute over Andrew Brunson, an evangelical preacher who was arrested on terrorism charges in Turkey 22 months ago.

“She’s a very, very sexy, desirable young woman who I’m looking forward to getting to know much better if you know what I mean, with all due respect”. She also recorded Trump calling her and playing dumb about the firing and unveiled those tapes to TV news...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will boycott electronic products made in the USA amid an escalating diplomatic feud with the Trump administration that has helped trigger a currency meltdown in Turkey.

There was a clear, sharp drop in the lira’s value on Friday after Trump tweeted he was doubling tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum, citing a national security threat, and a smaller decline when the USA sanctioned Turkey’s Interior and Justice Ministers on August 1....

The moves will free up 10 billion lira, $6 billion, and $3 billion equivalent of gold liquidity in the financial system, the bank said.

On the brink of a full-blown currency crisis, Turkey’s lira plunged to a record low Friday, tumbling as much as 18 percent in its biggest daily drop since 2001.

Global markets skidded on Friday as investors anxious that financial distress in Turkey could affect the worldwide banking system and the broader economy. The fear is of a full-blown emerging market crisis.

Turkey’s central bank announced a series of measures on Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s economic policies and a trade dispute with the United States.

Eurozone countries run a trade surplus with Turkey but it is small and in the two previous Turkish financial crises since the turn of the millennium, European exporters have been able to divert their business to other markets.

No one else was hurt in the crash.

In a separate opinion piece in the pro-government newspaper Daily Sabah, Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Turkey’s efforts to solve the crisis with diplomatic methods had been dismissed by the Trump administration, warning that “the us runs the risk of...