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Business Matters: Turkey's Latest Crackdown on the Opposition Spurs Investor Concern

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05/11/2016 GMT

Turkey's Latest Crackdown on the Opposition Spurs Investor Concern

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Turkey's Latest Crackdown on the Opposition Spurs Investor Concern

Constant bad news from Turkey is contributing to businesses leaving Turkey

Leading politicians from the Pro-Kurdish opposition party in Turkey have been arrested for refusing to answer prosecutors' questions about their alleged links to the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK -- which they deny. Business Matters hears from Amberin Zaman  of the Wilson Centre in Washington and formerly the Economist's correspondent in Istanbul about how news such as this has resulted in businesses withdrawing from the country at a very fast pace.

The BBC's Michael Kaloki reports from an area in Kenya worst affected by drought. More than 1.3 million people are facing starvation, prompting the government to announce $49.2 million in emergency spending, some of it to purchase livestock from pastoralist communities in the affected areas. 

Roger looks back at the big business stories this week with Sujeet Indap, the Lex Columnist for the FT in New York , and Mark Gilbert, the London Bloomberg View columnist.

Throughout the programme, Roger is joined by Sean Turnell , Economist at Macquarie University from Sydney for comment and opinion.

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