Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Dispute: How will it be solved? Cem ÇetingüçPosted on31 January, 2021 Galip Dalay Greco-Turkish maritime disputes, couched in competing narratives of national sovereignty, are nothing new. … Continue ReadingEastern Mediterranean Maritime Dispute: How will it be solved?
Categories Emerging Markets General Russia roiled with new protests Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 January, 2021 Protesters across Russia were defying defying orders not to hold unauthorized protests and rallying across … Continue ReadingRussia roiled with new protests
Categories General HYPED Arrests in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 January, 2021 Two students have been arrested in Turkey on charges of inciting hatred and insulting religious … Continue ReadingArrests in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey edges toward ‘intense corruption’ status in global index Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 January, 2021 ANKARA: Turkey was edging closer to being branded as a country run in an environment … Continue ReadingTurkey edges toward ‘intense corruption’ status in global index
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan appoints a key adviser, fires deputy finance ministers Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 January, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named former Foreign Minister Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu as his … Continue ReadingErdogan appoints a key adviser, fires deputy finance ministers
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics What will be the Turkish Air Force’s next move? Cem ÇetingüçPosted on30 January, 202130 January, 2021 NATO’s second-biggest army had a deterrent air force both during and after the Cold War. … Continue ReadingWhat will be the Turkish Air Force’s next move?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Journalist campaigns against Syria’s security chaos Cem ÇetingüçPosted on30 January, 2021 Idlib – Yousef Ghuraibi Syria’s northwestern areas, including Idlib and the northern countryside of Aleppo, … Continue ReadingJournalist campaigns against Syria’s security chaos
Categories Economy Finance Turkish Treasury repay debts worth $21.4 billion over next three months Cem ÇetingüçPosted on30 January, 202130 January, 2021 Treasury to borrow $16.4B from domestic markets over next 3 months, says Treasury and Finance … Continue ReadingTurkish Treasury repay debts worth $21.4 billion over next three months
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Communication tax escalated; a higher burden for citizens Güldem AtabayPosted on30 January, 2021 The President of Turkey raised the Special Communication Tax (aka earthquake tax), from 7.5% to … Continue ReadingCommunication tax escalated; a higher burden for citizens
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Treasury’s rollover ratio above 100% for the next three months Güldem AtabayPosted on30 January, 2021 Treasury and Finance Ministry announced it will repay TL 156.4 billion debt ( USD21.4 billion) … Continue ReadingTreasury’s rollover ratio above 100% for the next three months
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS January inflation expected to rise Güldem AtabayPosted on30 January, 2021 Economists polled by Anadolu Agency on Friday projected Turkey’s inflation rate in January to hit … Continue ReadingJanuary inflation expected to rise
Categories Economy Turkish banks allowed to distribute 10% of 2020 profits Güldem AtabayPosted on30 January, 2021 Turkey’s banking association (TBB) said on Friday that lenders that meet certain conditions would be allowed … Continue ReadingTurkish banks allowed to distribute 10% of 2020 profits
Categories Politics Metin Gurcan: Turkey lacks the capacity to turn West Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 January, 2021 Turkey’s leading military affairs expert, Mr Metin Gurcan wrote (Deciphering Erdogan’s seeming pro-West shift in … Continue ReadingMetin Gurcan: Turkey lacks the capacity to turn West
Categories Business Company & Industry HYPED Turkey’s bad loan problem manifest in BBVA Garanti balance sheet Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 January, 2021 The problem loans of Turkey’s Garanti Bank (GARAN) has expanded to Turkish lira (TRY) 70bn … Continue ReadingTurkey’s bad loan problem manifest in BBVA Garanti balance sheet
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Markets TL bucks EM rout, but Borsa Istanbul victimized Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 January, 2021 For January, the blue-chip Dow and the S&P 500 fell 2% and 1.1%, respectively, suffering … Continue ReadingTL bucks EM rout, but Borsa Istanbul victimized
Categories Business General Turkey-UK trade deal: Unions don’t want it Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 January, 2021 Along with the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) and Confederation of Public … Continue ReadingTurkey-UK trade deal: Unions don’t want it
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Inflation Report : CBRT enhances the tight monetary policy Cem ÇetingüçPosted on29 January, 2021 CBRT enhances the tight monetary policy message; could the policy rate remain high for longer? CBRT … Continue ReadingInflation Report : CBRT enhances the tight monetary policy
Categories Emerging Markets Barron’s: Emerging Market Assets Are Near Highs. Goldman Sachs Says Watch These Risk Indicators. Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 January, 2021 Investors in emerging markets should watch how riskier currencies like the Brazilian real trade against … Continue ReadingBarron’s: Emerging Market Assets Are Near Highs. Goldman Sachs Says Watch These Risk Indicators.
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets USD 50 bn trade gap in Turkey and more… Güldem AtabayPosted on29 January, 2021 Official figures shoed Turkey’s foreign trade deficit narrowing by 3% in December 2020 to USD … Continue ReadingUSD 50 bn trade gap in Turkey and more…
Categories Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Markets Borsa Istanbul: Earnings forecasts by Is Invest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 January, 2021 Financial Companies We expect the banks included in our research coverage to announce a total … Continue ReadingBorsa Istanbul: Earnings forecasts by Is Invest
