Categories Economy ANALYSIS: Turkish foreign trade dynamics Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 June, 20209 June, 2020 According to Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), exports increased by 7.6% to 9 billion dollars in … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Turkish foreign trade dynamics
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Iranian Trucks Resume Border Trade With Turkey Editor P.A.Posted on8 June, 20208 June, 2020 Some 150 Iranian trucks entered Turkey on Thursday after the reopening of customs gates between … Continue ReadingIranian Trucks Resume Border Trade With Turkey
Categories Emerging Markets Politics What drives Turkey’s growing influence in Africa? Editor P.A.Posted on8 June, 202010 June, 2020 After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey lost its interest in Africa where it … Continue ReadingWhat drives Turkey’s growing influence in Africa?
Categories Emerging Markets Markets Reuters poll: EM currencies to rally through summer Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 June, 20209 June, 2020 30 of 52 currency strategists, around 60%, polled by Reuters expect the emerging-market currencies’ recovery … Continue ReadingReuters poll: EM currencies to rally through summer
Categories Economy BBVA Turkey: Worst for GDP may already be over Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20207 June, 2020 Ali Batuhan Barlas / Adem Ileri / Seda Guler Mert / Alvaro Ortiz Turkish Economy … Continue ReadingBBVA Turkey: Worst for GDP may already be over
Categories Politics As his popularity wanes, Erdogan crafts new strategy to deal with the opposition Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20206 June, 2020 As the Grand Assembly ended the membership of three opposition deputies while the crack-down on … Continue ReadingAs his popularity wanes, Erdogan crafts new strategy to deal with the opposition
Categories Economy Minister Albayrak: First priority is not the budget, but unemployment Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20206 June, 2020 Amidst efforts to revive economic activity and shield employment and sectors affected by the coronavirus … Continue ReadingMinister Albayrak: First priority is not the budget, but unemployment
Categories Business Turkish retailers abandoning offices Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20206 June, 2020 Turkey’s organized retailers are feeling the pain of changing consumer habits as a result of … Continue ReadingTurkish retailers abandoning offices
Categories Finance Turkey’s quest for SWAPs ongoing Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20206 June, 2020 The liquidity problems experienced in Turkey, along with the economic cost of the pandemic, compelled … Continue ReadingTurkey’s quest for SWAPs ongoing
Categories Economy Is Bank Research: Data highlights for Turkish Economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20209 June, 2020 Turkey’s first quarter growth announced at the end of May signaled that the economic impact … Continue ReadingIs Bank Research: Data highlights for Turkish Economy
Categories General Coronavirus is not going away, it is moving to Developing Nations Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20209 June, 2020 As Turkey announced 18 deaths and 930 new diagnoses of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the … Continue ReadingCoronavirus is not going away, it is moving to Developing Nations
Categories Business Fitch: Turkish leasing outlook Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 June, 202012 June, 2020 Moderate Resilience in Current Downturn Captive Leasing Sector: The Turkish leasing sector is dominated by … Continue ReadingFitch: Turkish leasing outlook
Categories Economy Standard Chartered downgrades Turkey growth outlook Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 June, 20205 June, 2020 Double-dip recession Turkey’s economy grew a robust 4.5% y/y in Q1 as it continued to … Continue ReadingStandard Chartered downgrades Turkey growth outlook
Categories General Politics Syria front: Idlib clashes may commence soon Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 June, 20205 June, 2020 Russian war planes have reportedly carried out their first air strikes in northwest Syria in … Continue ReadingSyria front: Idlib clashes may commence soon
Categories Economy General Metropoll survey: Economic misery rises, voters detaching from AKP Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 June, 20209 June, 2020 One of the leading social polling agencies, Metropoll has released part of its “Turkey in … Continue ReadingMetropoll survey: Economic misery rises, voters detaching from AKP
Categories Business WATCH: The Brutal Murder of Turkish Private Sector Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 June, 20208 June, 2020 Turkey once had the most vibrant entrepreneurial culture in its region. It is this dynamism … Continue ReadingWATCH: The Brutal Murder of Turkish Private Sector
Categories Politics Turkish parliament revokes the membership of three opposition deputies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 June, 20206 June, 2020 Turkish parliament has stripped three opposition deputies of their parliamentary membership in Thursday’s general assembly … Continue ReadingTurkish parliament revokes the membership of three opposition deputies
Categories Economy Politics Marc Pierini: Emerging From the Pandemic, Turkey Rolls Out a More Assertive Foreign Policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 June, 20206 June, 2020 THE PANDEMIC UNLEASHES DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES Turkey has been sending supplies of medical equipment … Continue ReadingMarc Pierini: Emerging From the Pandemic, Turkey Rolls Out a More Assertive Foreign Policy
Categories Business No revenge shopping in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 June, 20204 June, 2020 Turkey’s 450 odd shopping malls, which opened partially on May 11, resumed service fully on … Continue ReadingNo revenge shopping in Turkey
Categories Business Company & Industry Turkish auto sales stuck at the bottom Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 June, 20204 June, 2020 Passenger car and light commercial vehicle market down 2.4 percent in May Domestic automobile and … Continue ReadingTurkish auto sales stuck at the bottom