Categories General As epidemic accelerates, Turkey extends unemployment benefits Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 August, 2020Minister of Health announced 1.587 new corona patients, with 44 deaths, but there is growing … Continue ReadingAs epidemic accelerates, Turkey extends unemployment benefits
Categories Business Politics Fehim Tastekin: Turkey’s militarized Africa opening fuels influence wars Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 August, 2020This is a comprehensive study by Turkey’s one of leading Middle East and North Africa … Continue ReadingFehim Tastekin: Turkey’s militarized Africa opening fuels influence wars
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdoğan’s popularity dropping at home Güldem AtabayPosted on31 August, 2020Turkish President Erdoğan’s job approval rating fell to the lowest level since the outbreak of … Continue ReadingErdoğan’s popularity dropping at home
Categories Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s foreign trade drops in July Güldem AtabayPosted on31 August, 2020Turkey’s both exports and imports fell in July compared to July 2019 as per the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s foreign trade drops in July
Categories Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey’s 2Q20 economic contraction at 11% as household consumption crashes Güldem AtabayPosted on31 August, 2020Turkey’s economy shrank by 9.9 percent in 2Q20 compared to the same period last year … Continue ReadingTurkey’s 2Q20 economic contraction at 11% as household consumption crashes
Categories Emerging Markets EM: Can it rally further? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 August, 2020A gauge of developing-nation domestic bonds was on the cusp of its longest sequence of … Continue ReadingEM: Can it rally further?
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Can new Fed policy bail out Turkey? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 August, 202030 August, 2020 Fed chairman Jay Powell described the outlines of a new Fed policy approach, which … Continue ReadingCan new Fed policy bail out Turkey?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS Loan boom is over, time to repay Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 August, 2020Turkey has experienced yet another brief loan boom in 2020, driven by excessively loose monetary … Continue ReadingLoan boom is over, time to repay
Categories Economy Finance HYPED Tim Fox: Turkish lira needs to avoid more ‘self-inflicted’ wounds Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 August, 2020Despite the lira recording a 3.3 per cent fall since the beginning of August, a … Continue ReadingTim Fox: Turkish lira needs to avoid more ‘self-inflicted’ wounds
Categories Business Economy Black Sea gas: Dud or geo-political advantage Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 August, 2020Energy import-dependent Turkey has hailed its gas discovery in the Black Sea as a “miracle”, … Continue ReadingBlack Sea gas: Dud or geo-political advantage
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics EU warns Turkey of sanctions as East Mediterranean crisis worsens Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 August, 2020The European Union has threatened Turkey with fresh sanctions – including tough economic measures – … Continue ReadingEU warns Turkey of sanctions as East Mediterranean crisis worsens
Categories Emerging Markets General Medic in Syria warns of ‘unprecedented catastrophe’ from Covid-19 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 August, 2020A Syrian healthcare professional working in a public hospital said that the country is facing … Continue ReadingMedic in Syria warns of ‘unprecedented catastrophe’ from Covid-19
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Hande Firat: The Covid-19 outbreak is out of control! Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 August, 2020Ms Hande Firat may not be well known outside Turkey, but she is one of … Continue ReadingHande Firat: The Covid-19 outbreak is out of control!
Categories General HYPED ISIS is using the COVID distraction to rearm and regroup Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 August, 2020The ISIS menace is not dead. In Syria and Iraq, the vicious terror group is … Continue ReadingISIS is using the COVID distraction to rearm and regroup
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Atlantic Council: Russia and Turkey may fill in the diplomatic vacuum on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 August, 2020Last month, Armenia and Azerbaijan had their second most serious flareup in fighting since their … Continue ReadingAtlantic Council: Russia and Turkey may fill in the diplomatic vacuum on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
Categories Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Markets NYT: Turkey Braces for Yet Another Currency Crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 August, 2020When the Turkish lira plunged to a new low against the dollar and euro this … Continue ReadingNYT: Turkey Braces for Yet Another Currency Crisis
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics AKP ally prepares new assault on democracy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 August, 2020Free, if not fair elections are the only relic of once rambunctious Turkish democracy. Those … Continue ReadingAKP ally prepares new assault on democracy
Categories HYPED Markets Borsa Istanbul equity strategy: Risk & Return Looks Balanced Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 August, 2020Our revised estimates and valuations post 2Q results point to BIST-100 target of 1,380 (previously … Continue ReadingBorsa Istanbul equity strategy: Risk & Return Looks Balanced
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Markets Credit Suisse: TL stability for now Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 August, 2020Since we wrote our last update on Turkey on these pages last week, USDTRY has … Continue ReadingCredit Suisse: TL stability for now
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Weak lira no help for economic stagnation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 August, 2020Turkey has been unable to prevent the national currency from depreciating despite measures implemented by … Continue ReadingWeak lira no help for economic stagnation