Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Meet the person who can beat Erdogan: Kemal Kilicdaroglu Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2022 There is a revolution in Turkish politics. Economic misery and Erdogan’s increasing detachment from … Continue ReadingMeet the person who can beat Erdogan: Kemal Kilicdaroglu
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics BREAKING: The price for making good with US is S-400s, claims news sources Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2022 “Will Turkey Supply Ukraine S-400s And Get Back In U.S.’ Good Graces?” is the … Continue ReadingBREAKING: The price for making good with US is S-400s, claims news sources
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Tech UK and Turkey agree clean transport deal worth £1.7 billion Cem CetingucPosted on19 March, 202219 March, 2022 The UK government’s biggest ever sustainable, civil infrastructure deal will help finance a new high … Continue ReadingUK and Turkey agree clean transport deal worth £1.7 billion
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Experts warn: Turkey under water stress Cem CetingucPosted on19 March, 2022 Turkey has been shown as a country under “water stress” in the latest report by the U.N. … Continue ReadingExperts warn: Turkey under water stress
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Turkey can attract hundreds of U.S. companies due to Russian war: US executive Cem CetingucPosted on19 March, 2022 Turkey could grab the opportunity to attract hundreds of U.S. companies leaving the Russian market over … Continue ReadingTurkey can attract hundreds of U.S. companies due to Russian war: US executive
Categories Business Tech Brookings: Climate change is devastating Middle East. What can be done? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 2022 Editor’s preface: While this article largely focuses on Middle East ex-Turkey, except her role in … Continue ReadingBrookings: Climate change is devastating Middle East. What can be done?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Business HYPED Commentary: Pros and cons of sanctions on Russia for Turkish economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 2022 Rumor has it, that the difference between “threat” and “opportunity” in Chinese is only a … Continue ReadingCommentary: Pros and cons of sanctions on Russia for Turkish economy
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Junk-Rated Turkey, Nigeria Defy Market Chaos With Debt Sales Güldem AtabayPosted on18 March, 2022 Two junk-rated developing nations sold dollar bonds just as the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates, shrugging … Continue ReadingJunk-Rated Turkey, Nigeria Defy Market Chaos With Debt Sales
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics MLSA Trial Monitoring Report: 2 journalists, 1 writer sentenced to 112 months in prison Cem CetingucPosted on18 March, 2022 Running a trial monitoring program since 2018 in cooperation with international civil society organizations, the … Continue ReadingMLSA Trial Monitoring Report: 2 journalists, 1 writer sentenced to 112 months in prison
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS BREAKING: Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call—BBC Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 202218 March, 2022 Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine … Continue ReadingBREAKING: Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call—BBC
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Medical Association protests against negligence of government Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 Following healthcare workers’ Turkey-wide 2-day strike on March 14 Doctor’s Day and yesterday (March 15), … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Association protests against negligence of government
Categories General HYPED Tim Ash: Russia is losing Ukraine Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 Bad tactics, crap equipment, and inexperienced troops suffering low morale fighting in a country which … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Russia is losing Ukraine
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Ford initiates massive battery plant in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 Ford plans to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in Turkey with South Korean battery maker SK … Continue ReadingFord initiates massive battery plant in Turkey
Categories General HYPED Politics AKP and MHP tweak the election system, will it avert disaster for Erdogan? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 After months of elaborations, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and their … Continue ReadingAKP and MHP tweak the election system, will it avert disaster for Erdogan?
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Central Bank, sorry, Erdogan leaves policy rate unchanged, currency under pressure again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has decided to hold interest rates at … Continue ReadingTurkey Central Bank, sorry, Erdogan leaves policy rate unchanged, currency under pressure again
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Turkish automotive production and exports fell in the first two months of 2022 Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 According to the January-February data of the Automotive Industry Association (OSD), total automotive production decreased … Continue ReadingTurkish automotive production and exports fell in the first two months of 2022
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Dr Murat Ucer: Turkish Inflation and the Five Stages of Grief Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 One of the unwelcome consequences of the stronger than expected post-Covid recovery of the global … Continue ReadingDr Murat Ucer: Turkish Inflation and the Five Stages of Grief
Categories Business Emerging Markets HYPED IMF: War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 A new IMF blog by Christian Bogmans, Jeff Kearns, Andrea Pescatori and Ervin Prifti concludes … Continue ReadingIMF: War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Asli Aydintasbas: Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 When Armenia suffered a devastating defeat in its short war with Azerbaijan in November 2020, … Continue ReadingAsli Aydintasbas: Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics President Erdogan: Turkey will not send any refugees back Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2022 Ankara will not send any refugees taking shelter in Turkey back to their countries, President Recep … Continue ReadingPresident Erdogan: Turkey will not send any refugees back
