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Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

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“Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa”

AFRICA TURKEY

Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks.

The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar. [...] (653 words)

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Turkish billionaire and Erdogan ally Ahmet Calik hones in on gold and iron

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Mahmoud Sgoutri and Abdelhamid Dabaiba lend Turkey's Karanfil a helping hand

With the construction of a plant to make prefabricated concrete in Misrata, the Turkish firm Karanfil is hoping to carve itself out a big niche in the Libyan reconstruction market. This venture owes much to Murtaza Karanfil's ties with the new prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and with the mayor of Misrata, Mahmoud Sgoutri.

LIBYA TURKEY Business 09/10/2020

Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

The DEIK-sponsored trade fair to be held in mid-October in Istanbul will open up opportunities for Turkish companies to shore up the government of Fayez Sarraj, with the restoration of the electricity supply in the capital being a particular priority.

In Libya, many cities, such as the capital Tripoli, suffer from long power cuts.

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LIBYA Politics 10/09/2020

Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

A meeting of representatives of eastern and western Libya, hosted by Mohammed VI in Morocco on 6 and 7 September, failed to reach an agreement on how to replace the Government of National Accord, whom Turkey has pledged to save with military aide.

LIBYA Politics 31/08/2020

Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

The ceasefire announced by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has prompted a break with his interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, who was sacked on 28 August. Sarraj enjoys the support of Washington, while Bachagha - the guarantor of Misrata's interests - seems to have won the backing of Anakra.

The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj.

LIBYA Business 31/07/2020

With SCK and Neta, top Turkish forwarding agent Mehmet Kocabasa clinches Turkey-Libya route

The Turkish businessman, who will oversee maritime imports on behalf of Libyan customs, owns a major forwarding agency and is a key player in a score of African countries.

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Turkish tycoon and Erdogan pal, Ahmet Calik embarks on mining adventure

Riding on the honeymoon phase of Ankara and Conakry's political and economic relations (WAN 811), Turkish billionaire Ahmet Calik, who is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has secured a strategic mining alliance with the Guinean government.

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