Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Aviation: Updating TPs, maintaining ratings Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 August, 2023 Price Target (TL) Upside Passenger traffic gained some momentum in 3Q, following the earthquakes, elections … Continue ReadingTurkish Aviation: Updating TPs, maintaining ratings
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS ANALYSIS: Two developments to enhance Turkey’s role as EU’s NG supplier Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 August, 2023 A big shift is brewing for Caspian Basin energy exports. In a diplomatic about-face, Turkmenistan … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Two developments to enhance Turkey’s role as EU’s NG supplier
Categories General HYPED Stewart Latwin: Turkey is the real key to American influence in the Middle East Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 August, 2023 Turkey is rapidly becoming a regional hegemon, while maintaining close ties to Europe and the … Continue ReadingStewart Latwin: Turkey is the real key to American influence in the Middle East
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan slams peacekeepers for blocking road project in Cyprus and accuses UN force of bias—ABC Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 August, 2023 Turkey’s president on Monday criticized U.N. peacekeepers for blocking the construction of a road in … Continue ReadingErdogan slams peacekeepers for blocking road project in Cyprus and accuses UN force of bias—ABC
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS ANALYSIS: Unruly inflation expectations complicate CBRT governor Erkan’s job Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 August, 2023 Led by Gaye Erkan, Turkey’s Monetary Policy Council is meeting on 24 August Thursday to … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Unruly inflation expectations complicate CBRT governor Erkan’s job
Categories Business HYPED Soaring food prices put consumers under strain Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 August, 2023 According to the July inflation data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the annual … Continue ReadingSoaring food prices put consumers under strain
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank of Turkey takes another step towards ending financial restrictions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 August, 2023 Turkey’s central bank (CBRT) began rolling back on Sunday a growing and costly scheme that … Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Turkey takes another step towards ending financial restrictions
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Atilla Yesilada: Turkey’s high wire act in Ukraine conflict continues with ministerial visit, new corvette Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 August, 2023 In a war which may soon fall into the “war the time has forgotten” category, … Continue ReadingAtilla Yesilada: Turkey’s high wire act in Ukraine conflict continues with ministerial visit, new corvette
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Deutsche Welle: IYIP torn over local election alliance; strong likelihood to support Imamoglu and Yavas Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 August, 2023 All eyes in Turkish politics are focused on the major policy statement to be made … Continue ReadingDeutsche Welle: IYIP torn over local election alliance; strong likelihood to support Imamoglu and Yavas
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Ekrem İmamoğlu ahead of all candidates in the Istanbul local election poll Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 August, 2023 Informally announcing his candidacy for Istanbul again in the local elections, the press conference of … Continue ReadingEkrem İmamoğlu ahead of all candidates in the Istanbul local election poll
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Sock manufacturer’s ghost fleet: Turkish companies allegedly enable Russian sanction evasion Güldem AtabayPosted on18 August, 202318 August, 2023 Turkish company Beks Ship Management, originally in the sock manufacturing business, has allegedly become a … Continue ReadingSock manufacturer’s ghost fleet: Turkish companies allegedly enable Russian sanction evasion
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey and EU: Why Erdogan desperately needs a new customs union treaty? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 August, 2023 Erdogan has surprised skeptics like the presenter of this video by an eager pragmatism since … Continue ReadingTurkey and EU: Why Erdogan desperately needs a new customs union treaty?
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Two state banks raise $1.1 bn from “undisclosed“ sources Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 August, 202317 August, 2023 Ziraat Bank announced that it has obtained long-term foreign financing of 600 million dollars from … Continue ReadingTwo state banks raise $1.1 bn from “undisclosed“ sources
Categories General HYPED US goes after Turkish proxies in Afrin, Syria Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 August, 2023 The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Turkey-backed Syrian militias and the groups’ … Continue ReadingUS goes after Turkish proxies in Afrin, Syria
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey in the throes of a devastating drought, once again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 August, 2023 The General Directorate of Meteorology has warned against a “severe drought” that enveloped much of … Continue ReadingTurkey in the throes of a devastating drought, once again
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Moody’s upgrades Turkish banks, banks try to rally Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 August, 2023 Moody’s Investor Services has upgraded its outlook for Turkey’s banking sector from negative to stable, … Continue ReadingMoody’s upgrades Turkish banks, banks try to rally
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Mehmet Şimşek to road-show in USA Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 August, 2023 It was reported that the Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek will go to … Continue ReadingMehmet Şimşek to road-show in USA
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Hande Firat: Economy as a cup half full and half empty Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 August, 2023 Editor’s Note: Hande Firat is very close to Erdogan and is one of the few … Continue ReadingHande Firat: Economy as a cup half full and half empty
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Murat Kubilay: The successes and failures of Turkey’s new economic team Güldem AtabayPosted on15 August, 2023 It has been two months since Turkey’s new economic team took over and some progress has been … Continue ReadingMurat Kubilay: The successes and failures of Turkey’s new economic team
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Investment bank projects rising Central Bank reserves Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 August, 202314 August, 2023 Barclays, one of the leading investment banks in England, projected in its emerging markets research … Continue ReadingInvestment bank projects rising Central Bank reserves
