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Laura Pitel

Turkey correspondent
Laura Pitel is the FT's Turkey correspondent. She was also a UK political correspondent at The Times of London.
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  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    House & Home
    Six years in Ankara: why I love the Turkish capital

    As she leaves the city, an FT correspondent finds verve and charm in a sometimes unbeautiful place with a troubled backdrop

  • Sunday, 30 October, 2022
    The Big Read
    How Russia secretly takes grain from occupied Ukraine

    Documents and photos reveal a complex shadow operation managed by private companies and arms of the Russian state

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkish finance minister defends economic links with Russia

    Nureddin Nebati pushes back against western worries over ties between Ankara and Moscow

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Turkey
    Turkey cuts benchmark interest rate despite rampant inflation

    Central bank imposes bigger than expected reduction to 10.5% as Erdoğan battles to bring down borrowing costs

  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Erdoğan gears up for huge pre-election spending spree in Turkey

    Country’s president lays ground for next year’s vote with bumper housing package

  • Sunday, 16 October, 2022
    Markets
    Did UK inflation pick up again last month?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    Turkey
    Turkey passes ‘disinformation bill’ ahead of elections

    Critics say proposal to jail those who ‘disseminate false information’ curtails freedom of speech

  • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
    Europe Express
    EU presses Turkey to align on Russia sanctions Premium content

    Ankara is the only Nato ally not to impose restrictions on Moscow

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    United Arab Emirates
    UAE leader to meet Putin in Moscow

    Sheikh Mohammed’s visit follows Opec’s oil output cut last week

  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Backlog of ships strains Ukraine-Russia Black Sea grain export deal

    Longer inspection times at Istanbul monitoring centre prompt calls for bigger teams to handle increased demand

  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkish inflation tops 83% as Erdoğan promises more rate cuts

    September’s price rises are the worst since president’s ruling party came to power 20 years ago

  • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Turkey’s tough talk on Greece fuels Aegean tensions

    Erdoğan ramps up hostile rhetoric as Nato allies clash over range of historical disputes

  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Turkish state banks halt use of Russian payment system

    Move comes after US warned lenders not to act as conduit for Moscow to evade sanctions

  • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s central bank cuts rates despite rampant inflation

    Decision comes at a time when central banks around the world have been raising borrowing costs

  • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Turkish opposition’s alliance against Erdoğan battles rifts

    Coalition with big hopes for next year’s polls struggles not to ‘fall apart’ as cracks surface

  • Monday, 19 September, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Turkish banks suspend Russian Mir cards amid US sanctions pressure

    Private lenders İşbank and DenizBank stop use of payment network developed as Moscow’s alternative to western issuers

  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Orhan Pamuk: ‘Erdoğan cannot curtail anyone’s voice any more’

    The Nobel-winning author on Turkey’s strongman president, solidarity with Salman Rushdie — and his new novel about a plague

  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
    News in-depthTurkish economy
    Turkey’s ‘Darwinian’ companies ride out 80% inflation

    Executives consider wage rises and managing forex exposure as they grapple with latest crisis

  • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    US and EU step up pressure on Turkey over Russia sanctions

    Washington to target banks that are integrated into Mir processing system

  • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
    Europe Express
    Putin and Xi: still partners with ‘no limits’? Premium content

    Russian and Chinese leaders meet for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    UN presses Kyiv and Moscow to agree fertiliser deal in Black Sea

    Top negotiator says talks are moving ‘in the right direction’ to reopen ammonia pipeline

  • Monday, 12 September, 2022
    OutlookIsis
    My flight home with an ‘Isis Beatle’

    The complications of repatriating terror suspects explain why the UK retains good relations with Turkey

  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Turkey
    Turkish inflation tops 80% for first time in 24 years

    Ankara insists price pressures will ease soon but economists warn rate could remain uncomfortably high

  • Friday, 26 August, 2022
    Nato
    Finland and Sweden hold talks with Turkey to push Nato bid

    Contacts come after change of tone from Stockholm over Ankara’s demands

  • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
    FT Magazine
    Fast, cheap, deadly: the budget drone changing global warfare

    The Bayraktar TB2 has made Turkey one of the world’s top drone powers. It also heralds a disconcerting new era

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