Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s Managament Crisis: Turkey Reverses New Rule on Dishonored Checks After Criticism Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 2021 Turkey’s government on Friday reversed measures meant to prevent an explosion in the number of … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Managament Crisis: Turkey Reverses New Rule on Dishonored Checks After Criticism
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s tourism earnings down by 40 percent in first quarter Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 202130 April, 2021 Turkey’s tourism revenues slid by 40% annually in the first quarter of 2021 as per … Continue ReadingTurkey’s tourism earnings down by 40 percent in first quarter
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Güldem Atabay: Turkey’s neurotic monetary policy Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 2021 Şahap Kavcıoğlu, the third central bank governor in less than three years, presented Turkey’s second … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: Turkey’s neurotic monetary policy
Categories Economy General Markets China offical PMI’s weaken in April Cem CetingucPosted on30 April, 2021 A gauge of China’s manufacturing industry slipped in April and the services sector also weakened, … Continue ReadingChina offical PMI’s weaken in April
Categories General India’s latest wave of Covid-19 hits the emerging markets Cem CetingucPosted on30 April, 2021 “India’s problem is the world’s problem”, says Yasmeen Serhan in The Atlantic. Just weeks ago, … Continue ReadingIndia’s latest wave of Covid-19 hits the emerging markets
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Murat Yetkin: Turkey became a land of privileges and double standards Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey is turning into a country of privileges and double standards, with … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Turkey became a land of privileges and double standards
Categories Economy CNBC.com: Turkey’s 3rd lockdown hallows out her economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 Turkey is buckling down for a three-week full lockdown beginning Thursday, as a third wave … Continue ReadingCNBC.com: Turkey’s 3rd lockdown hallows out her economy
Categories Politics Court of Cassation upholds prison sentence of Selahattin Demirtaş Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 The prison sentence of 4 years and 8 months given to Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned … Continue ReadingCourt of Cassation upholds prison sentence of Selahattin Demirtaş
Categories Economy General Politics Asylum applications from Turkey to EU increased by 500 pct since 2015 Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 Turkish citizens’ asylum requests to Europe have increased by 506 percent, according to the European … Continue ReadingAsylum applications from Turkey to EU increased by 500 pct since 2015
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Metropoll: Majority of Turks oppose Kanal Istanbul, back Montreux Convention Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 A recent survey by Metropoll revealed that a majority of the population opposes President Recep … Continue ReadingMetropoll: Majority of Turks oppose Kanal Istanbul, back Montreux Convention
Categories Economy Tim Ash: Turkish Central Bank promises tight policy to curb inflation, but hard to be inspired by promises Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 Turkey’s rookie Central Bank (CBRT) governor Prof Sahap Kavcioglu held his first Inflation Report press … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Turkish Central Bank promises tight policy to curb inflation, but hard to be inspired by promises
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Inflation Report II: Turkey’s central bank hikes inflation forecast to 12.2 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 In a quarterly inflation report, the central bank’s new governor raised the inflation forecast from … Continue ReadingInflation Report II: Turkey’s central bank hikes inflation forecast to 12.2 percent
Categories General What is new? Umpteenth round of Cyprus reunification talks lead nowhere fast Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots failed to make … Continue ReadingWhat is new? Umpteenth round of Cyprus reunification talks lead nowhere fast
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan clings to crass Islamism, as approval ratings recede Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 Since Turkey’s devastating Covid-19 epidemic started, the approval ratings of President Erdogan and his governing … Continue ReadingErdogan clings to crass Islamism, as approval ratings recede
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS COVID-19 exodus from big cities begins in Turkey despite warnings Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 With only hours left to the start of a full lockdown for 17 days to … Continue ReadingCOVID-19 exodus from big cities begins in Turkey despite warnings
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE: Blinken warns Turkey to refrain from new purchases of Russian weapons Güldem AtabayPosted on28 April, 202129 April, 2021 Full text of Blinken’s Turkey comments: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Turkey … Continue ReadingUPDATE: Blinken warns Turkey to refrain from new purchases of Russian weapons
Categories Economy Emerging Markets ADB: Strong growth in Asia, under new clouds Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 April, 2021 Developing Asian economies will grow at a solid 7.3% pace this year after contracting slightly … Continue ReadingADB: Strong growth in Asia, under new clouds
Categories Business General Turkey accelerates new regulations for cryptocurrency market after coin scandals Cem CetingucPosted on28 April, 202128 April, 2021 After two cryptocurrency exchanges collapsed in the space of a few days last week, Turkey … Continue ReadingTurkey accelerates new regulations for cryptocurrency market after coin scandals
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics U.S. Central Command: Biden-Erdogan meeting is a good sign Cem CetingucPosted on28 April, 202128 April, 2021 A planned meeting in June between the American and Turkish presidents is a “good sign” … Continue ReadingU.S. Central Command: Biden-Erdogan meeting is a good sign
Categories General Politics Carnegie International: Putin’s Undeclared Red Lines—For Now Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 April, 2021 As in previous years, Putin’s state of the nation address targeted both domestic and international … Continue ReadingCarnegie International: Putin’s Undeclared Red Lines—For Now
