Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s trade deficit jumps 137 percent in 2022, as tourism revenues boom Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 January, 2023 Cover Chart: Turkish exports in red, Imports Blue, by Yatirim Finansman Turkey’s tourism revenue … Continue ReadingTurkey’s trade deficit jumps 137 percent in 2022, as tourism revenues boom
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics DW: Turkey’s opposition unveils plans to defeat Erdogan Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 January, 2023 A six-party coalition in Turkey aim to go against the block lead by President Recep … Continue ReadingDW: Turkey’s opposition unveils plans to defeat Erdogan
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics FP: Turkish citizens flee Erdogan’s sinking ship pre-election Cem CetingucPosted on30 January, 202330 January, 2023 With Turkey’s May 14 elections fast approaching, many Turks are “voting with their feet,” citing … Continue ReadingFP: Turkish citizens flee Erdogan’s sinking ship pre-election
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan: We may consider Finland for NATO membership, Sweden’s not welcomed Cem CetingucPosted on30 January, 202330 January, 2023 Finland still hopes to join Nato together with Sweden, Finland’s foreign minister has said, after … Continue ReadingErdogan: We may consider Finland for NATO membership, Sweden’s not welcomed
Categories General Politics First Take: Six-party opposition alliance unveils its government program Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 January, 2023 In a historic moment for Turkish democracy, six opposition parties ranging from Islamist to center-left … Continue ReadingFirst Take: Six-party opposition alliance unveils its government program
Categories HYPED Politics Latest election poll from ORC: Two parties ‘made out of nothing’ Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 January, 2023 In line with PA Turkey publication policy, all surveys are shared with acknowledgment of the … Continue ReadingLatest election poll from ORC: Two parties ‘made out of nothing’
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Facing hardest election yet, Turkey’s Erdogan woos voters with ‘good news’ Güldem AtabayPosted on29 January, 2023 Facing a difficult election in just a few months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has … Continue ReadingFacing hardest election yet, Turkey’s Erdogan woos voters with ‘good news’
Categories Business HYPED Erdogan unveils the greatest state debt amnesty ever Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 January, 2023 President Tayyip Erdogan has announced the new ‘good news’ before the general elections. Among them … Continue ReadingErdogan unveils the greatest state debt amnesty ever
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Guldem Atabay: Turkish economy until elections Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 January, 2023 AKP’s economic management will firmly stick to the path it calls the “New Economy Model” … Continue ReadingGuldem Atabay: Turkish economy until elections
Categories HYPED Tech Alp Sevimlisoy: The Geopolitics of Resource Conflict in the Middle East Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 January, 2023 Across the Euphrates lies one of the most precious commodities, not a dark viscous liquid … Continue ReadingAlp Sevimlisoy: The Geopolitics of Resource Conflict in the Middle East
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Fulya Gurbuz: Leading indicators for January show retail sales supporting economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 January, 2023 According to seasonally adjusted (MA) CBRT and TURKSTAT data, in January; . In sectoral confidence … Continue ReadingDr. Fulya Gurbuz: Leading indicators for January show retail sales supporting economy
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Latest survey shows Erdogan’s alliance trailing the opposition by 5 points Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 January, 2023 While the countdown continues for the 2023 elections in Turkey, to the date of May … Continue ReadingLatest survey shows Erdogan’s alliance trailing the opposition by 5 points
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan’s Foreign Pals Are Bankrolling His Election Campaign, Will He Win? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 January, 2023 Real Turkey Channel presenter Atilla Yesilada explains the monetary and in-kind donations made by … Continue ReadingErdogan’s Foreign Pals Are Bankrolling His Election Campaign, Will He Win?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Presidental candidate talks begin for Nation Alliance Cem CetingucPosted on27 January, 2023 The six-party Nation Alliance has challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s eligibility to run for the … Continue ReadingPresidental candidate talks begin for Nation Alliance
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Central bank abandons imposing an upper limit on currency-protected deposit accounts- a de facto interest rate hike Güldem AtabayPosted on26 January, 2023 In a letter sent to banks, the Central Bank announced that it has abandoned imposing … Continue ReadingCentral bank abandons imposing an upper limit on currency-protected deposit accounts- a de facto interest rate hike
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Offers Favorable Lira Rate for Converting Exporter Income Güldem AtabayPosted on26 January, 2023 Turkey will provide a more favorable exchange rate to exporters that convert their foreign income into lira … Continue ReadingTurkey Offers Favorable Lira Rate for Converting Exporter Income
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Putin initiates “Pivot to the East” strategy amid EU sanctions Cem CetingucPosted on26 January, 2023 In 2014, following a wave of US and European Union sanctions on Russia in response … Continue ReadingPutin initiates “Pivot to the East” strategy amid EU sanctions
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Hunger, poverty, Who cares? Finance minister defends Lira’s depreciation for ‘industrialization’ Cem CetingucPosted on26 January, 202327 January, 2023 Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has defended the depreciation of lira, saying that the economy … Continue ReadingHunger, poverty, Who cares? Finance minister defends Lira’s depreciation for ‘industrialization’
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Markets EBRD invested €1.63 billion in Turkey in 2022 Cem CetingucPosted on26 January, 2023 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested €1.63 billion in Türkiye in 2022, the highest … Continue ReadingEBRD invested €1.63 billion in Turkey in 2022
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Alp Kayserilioglu: Good-bye Erdogan? Cem CetingucPosted on26 January, 2023 Since 2019, Turkish economic policy has been characterized by Erdoğan’s repeated U-turns. Initially, his regime … Continue ReadingAlp Kayserilioglu: Good-bye Erdogan?
