Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Gargantuan Holiday boosts Turkish economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 July, 2021 Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Turkish shopkeepers have a cause for celebration during the … Continue ReadingGargantuan Holiday boosts Turkish economy
Categories General HYPED Erdogan falls asleep “at the Wheel” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 July, 2021 A video showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan falling asleep for a moment while addressing … Continue ReadingErdogan falls asleep “at the Wheel”
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey facing news sanctions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 July, 2021 It never gets better between Turkey and the West. A Russian source telling the press … Continue ReadingTurkey facing news sanctions
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tech Russia’s Economic Influence in the Mediterranean– Less Than a Full Deck (Turkey section) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 July, 2021 Russia’s intervention in Syria in 2015, and then subsequently in Libya, marked its return as … Continue ReadingRussia’s Economic Influence in the Mediterranean– Less Than a Full Deck (Turkey section)
Categories General Turkey has a new refugee problem Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 July, 2021 Fleeing poverty and war in their home country, Afghan refugees are turning to Turkey, one … Continue ReadingTurkey has a new refugee problem
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Cyprus: Turkey says Cyprus town of Varosha to reopen amid Greek objection Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 July, 2021 Authorities in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus announced on Tuesday a partial reopening … Continue ReadingCyprus: Turkey says Cyprus town of Varosha to reopen amid Greek objection
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Language: How different is it from European languages? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 July, 2021 I’ve watched this video several times, enjoying immensely. It is brief and very … Continue ReadingTurkish Language: How different is it from European languages?
Categories General Erdogan ready to take over Kabul Airport, but has three conditions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 July, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the United States to meet “conditions” including … Continue ReadingErdogan ready to take over Kabul Airport, but has three conditions
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Reuters: Rand, lira lead EMEA currencies lower as virus cases rise Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 2021 Emerging market stocks and currencies tumbled on Monday as investors rushed to safe havens on … Continue ReadingReuters: Rand, lira lead EMEA currencies lower as virus cases rise
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s Grand Strategy – a Superpower in the Making? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 2021 For several years, we can witness an increase in Turkey’s assertiveness in the international … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Grand Strategy – a Superpower in the Making?
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Consumer Confidence: One goes down, the other heads up Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 202119 July, 2021 The outlook for consumer spending remains debatable in Turkey. The official consumer confidence index, published … Continue ReadingConsumer Confidence: One goes down, the other heads up
Categories General HYPED Turkey furious about ECHR’s headscarf verdict Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 2021 Turkey’s cabinet ministers have criticized a European Union court’s decision to allow employers to ban … Continue ReadingTurkey furious about ECHR’s headscarf verdict
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan on his way to Turkish Cyprus with “good tidings” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 202119 July, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to travel to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus … Continue ReadingErdogan on his way to Turkish Cyprus with “good tidings”
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Banu Guven: Turkey’s Erdogan has reached the event horizon Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 July, 2021 It’s been five years since Recep Tayyip Erdogan managed to overcome the coup attempt in … Continue ReadingBanu Guven: Turkey’s Erdogan has reached the event horizon
Categories General HYPED UN chief: World faces a `hurricane of humanitarian crises’ Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 July, 2021 The United Nations chief warned Friday that a “hurricane of humanitarian crises” around the world … Continue ReadingUN chief: World faces a `hurricane of humanitarian crises’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey: Decline in the Rule of Law and Economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 July, 2021 Five leading Turkish experts in politics and economy debate Turkey’s deepest problems: Institutional collapse, … Continue ReadingTurkey: Decline in the Rule of Law and Economy
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Reuters Analysis: When Erdogan’s Turkish economic miracle began failing Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 July, 2021 Five years after President Tayyip Erdogan saw off a coup, his chances of extending his … Continue ReadingReuters Analysis: When Erdogan’s Turkish economic miracle began failing
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS A Uniquely Turkish Disease: High Chronic Inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 July, 2021 In June 2021, Turkish CPI rose to 17.5% YoY. Turkey is among the top … Continue ReadingA Uniquely Turkish Disease: High Chronic Inflation
Categories Politics Erdoğan appoints AKP pundit to state broadcaster’s board of directors Güldem AtabayPosted on14 July, 2021 President Erdoğan has appointed a controversial ruling AKP pundit to the board of directors of … Continue ReadingErdoğan appoints AKP pundit to state broadcaster’s board of directors
Categories General Ankara brands Taliban’s warnings against Turkey as “symbolic” Güldem AtabayPosted on14 July, 2021 Turkish officials on July 14 said that the Taliban’s warnings against Ankara regarding Turkey’s presence … Continue ReadingAnkara brands Taliban’s warnings against Turkey as “symbolic”
