Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Somalia had invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas, after Ankara signed a maritime agreement with Libya last year, broadcaster NTV reported.

Turkey has not yet sent any troops into Libya to support the country’s internationally-recognised government, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Monday.

Algerian energy company Hyproc SC’s LNG carrier Tessala reached Turkey.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced Monday that it would distribute accumulated contingent reserves with annual profits, excluding last year’s.

The Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) announced it started distributing 40.5 billion Turkish liras (some $6.8 billion) to shareholders.

Turkey’s central government’s gross debt stock became 1.33 trillion Turkish liras (around $223 billion) as of end-2019.

Turkey’s Central Bank on Monday said it will distribute accumulated contingent reserves with annual profit, excluding last year’s.

Turkey’s assets abroad hit $248.2 billion at the end of November 2019, rising 8.3% from the end of 2018, the Turkish Central Bank revealed Monday.

Cyprus is condemning Turkey as a “pirate state” for its renewed bid to drill for natural gas in waters where the ethnically split island nation has exclusive economic rights