Categories Economy Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Y.F. Macro Focus: CBRT’s advance dividend and reserve funds supported budget Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2022 In February, budget gave a surplus of TRY69.7bn (Feb.21: TRY-23.2bn, Jan.22: TRY+30bn). Despite, there was no … Continue ReadingY.F. Macro Focus: CBRT’s advance dividend and reserve funds supported budget
Categories Emerging Markets Markets Emerging Markets: Forget the BRICS and look at TICKS or MIST? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 For many years, the world’s most popular emerging markets have been the so-called BRICS: Brazil, … Continue ReadingEmerging Markets: Forget the BRICS and look at TICKS or MIST?
Categories General HYPED Selim Yenel: Can Russia’s War on Ukraine Drive Turkey and the West to Reconcile? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world and is changing Europe’s landscape. President Vladimir … Continue ReadingSelim Yenel: Can Russia’s War on Ukraine Drive Turkey and the West to Reconcile?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the agency responsible for producing official statistics on Turkey, has shared the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED UN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned that Russia’s invasion attempt of Ukraine is … Continue ReadingUN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics 11 mn people in Turkey qualify for state financial aid up from 4.4 mn in 2020 Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 11.37 million people in Turkey, or over 13% of the country’s population, received state financial … Continue Reading11 mn people in Turkey qualify for state financial aid up from 4.4 mn in 2020
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opposition says new election draft law only benefits incumbent alliance Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 Leading Turkish opposition figures have condemned the ruling alliance’s draft election law, saying that the … Continue ReadingOpposition says new election draft law only benefits incumbent alliance
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Tim Ash: The West should provide financial support to Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 It is pretty clear that Russia will, and indeed is, using Turkey, and particularly its … Continue ReadingTim Ash: The West should provide financial support to Turkey
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank of Turkey to stay put in Thursday’s MPC, but rumors suggest rate hike Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Turkey’s central bank is expected to hold its policy rate at 14% this week, a … Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Turkey to stay put in Thursday’s MPC, but rumors suggest rate hike
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Treasury reports surplus in February, but how? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Turkey’s government reported a budget surplus for a second consecutive month in February after the … Continue ReadingTreasury reports surplus in February, but how?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Election law draft submitted to Parliament: Ruling alliance to lower electoral threshold Güldem AtabayPosted on14 March, 2022 The election law draft jointly prepared by the ruling People’s Alliance was submitted to the … Continue ReadingElection law draft submitted to Parliament: Ruling alliance to lower electoral threshold
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Tech Turkey’s unmanned fighter jet production kicks off Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2022 Turkey’s drone magnate Baykar on Saturday announced it has reached a new phase in its … Continue ReadingTurkey’s unmanned fighter jet production kicks off
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdoğan met Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis in Istanbul Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Istanbul. Mitsotakis … Continue ReadingErdoğan met Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis in Istanbul
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS China, Turkey to build world’s largest rooftop solar power plant Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2022 Chinese tech giant Huawei and Turkish steel manufacturer Tosyali Holding co-launched a project on Friday … Continue ReadingChina, Turkey to build world’s largest rooftop solar power plant
Categories Business Emerging Markets HYPED Turkey and the UAE are getting close again. But why now? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 March, 2022 In the decade since the Arab Spring, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have … Continue ReadingTurkey and the UAE are getting close again. But why now?
Categories General HYPED What happened in the Biden – Erdogan phone call Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 US President Biden who has for long given Turkish President Erdogan the second class treatment, … Continue ReadingWhat happened in the Biden – Erdogan phone call
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Foreign Policy Research Institute: Turkey and Israel: A relationship unlikely to be fulfilled Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 PATurkey looked long and hard to find an article which best explains the aftermath of … Continue ReadingForeign Policy Research Institute: Turkey and Israel: A relationship unlikely to be fulfilled
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Fitch: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Raises Risks for Some Emerging Markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 202212 March, 2022 Emerging markets (EMs) face a variety of additional credit risks stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, … Continue ReadingFitch: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Raises Risks for Some Emerging Markets
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED THOMAS DE WAAL: Darkness Looms Over Ukraine’s Neighborhood Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 As Russia’s invasion force grinds further into Ukraine, other post-Soviet countries also have reason to … Continue ReadingTHOMAS DE WAAL: Darkness Looms Over Ukraine’s Neighborhood
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Current account deficit on the rise in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 January balance of payments data published by Central Bank of Turkey suggests that rising energy … Continue ReadingCurrent account deficit on the rise in Turkey
