Turkish state investigators probing the collapse of Imar Bankasi – a medium-sized bank that was owned by one of Turkey's richest families, the controversial Uzans – have filed legal suits against the Capital Market Board, an agency regulating securities trading, and the IstanbulStock Exchange.
The Turkish government is gearing up to dispatch troops to Iraq to assist in US-led peacekeeping operations and in the rebuilding of its south-eastern neighbour, in return for an $8.5bn soft US loan, despite protests from the Iraqis themselves and from Kurds living in the northern part of the country, writes Metin Demirsar.