Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS TEPAV: To achieve a decrease in inflation, the policy interest rate should be raised to 45% next year Güldem AtabayPosted on27 September, 202327 September, 2023 TEPAV (Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey) has evaluated that raising the policy interest rate … Continue ReadingTEPAV: To achieve a decrease in inflation, the policy interest rate should be raised to 45% next year
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s Finance Minister on FT: Measures aimed at inflation control, rebuilding foreign reserves and reducing the current account deficit Güldem AtabayPosted on27 September, 2023 Mehmet Simsek outlined efforts to reverse past economic policies and rebuild investor confidence through measures … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Finance Minister on FT: Measures aimed at inflation control, rebuilding foreign reserves and reducing the current account deficit
Categories General Politics European Court rules against Turkey in the prominent ‘ByLock and Bank Asya’ case Güldem AtabayPosted on27 September, 2023 ECHR Grand Chamber’s decision favoring Yuksel Yalcinkaya could set a precedent for other human rights … Continue ReadingEuropean Court rules against Turkey in the prominent ‘ByLock and Bank Asya’ case
Categories HYPED Politics ANALSIS: Erdoğan’s road map in Turkish foreign policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 September, 2023 This article by a pro-AKP academic is a brief and lucid statement about Turkey’s new … Continue ReadingANALSIS: Erdoğan’s road map in Turkish foreign policy
Categories General HYPED Marc Pierini: Can Erdogan and EU see eye to eye? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 September, 2023 Turkey’s approach to EU The Turkish president’s narrative in Vilnius, where he linked Sweden’s … Continue ReadingMarc Pierini: Can Erdogan and EU see eye to eye?
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Mehmet Karacuka: Stock market and the economıc crısıs Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 September, 2023 “The decrease in income and interest rates does not affect every sector equally and symmetrically … Continue ReadingMehmet Karacuka: Stock market and the economıc crısıs
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Prof Esfender Korkmaz: A new leadership in CHP could deliver local elections to opposition Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 September, 2023 In democratic countries, political governments almost always lose power in economic crises. This experience lies … Continue ReadingProf Esfender Korkmaz: A new leadership in CHP could deliver local elections to opposition
Categories Business HYPED S&P Global: Russian diesel export ban to hit Turkey, Brazil hardest but curbs seen short-lived Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 September, 2023 Russia’s move to temporarily ban nearly all its exports of diesel and gasoline to ease … Continue ReadingS&P Global: Russian diesel export ban to hit Turkey, Brazil hardest but curbs seen short-lived
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics ANALYSIS: Is the Greece – Turkey rapprochement for real this time? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 September, 2023 Turkish President Erdogan and Greek PM Mitsotakis had a love fest in New York City, … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Is the Greece – Turkey rapprochement for real this time?
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS A journalist’s impression from Mehmet Simsek investor get-together Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 2023 A veteran Turkish journalist, Mr Sedat Ergin (resume at the end of this article) attended … Continue ReadingA journalist’s impression from Mehmet Simsek investor get-together
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Simsek’s investor meeting drew large crowds, but were there any buyers? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 2023 Some 120 American investors attended the 13th edition of the Türkiye Investment Conference held in … Continue ReadingSimsek’s investor meeting drew large crowds, but were there any buyers?
Categories General HYPED FDD/Sinan Ciddi: Erdoğan’s Transactional Foreign Policy Should be Repaid in Kind Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 2023 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in New York this week for the UN General … Continue ReadingFDD/Sinan Ciddi: Erdoğan’s Transactional Foreign Policy Should be Repaid in Kind
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS ANALSIS: CBRT’s 500 basis point rate hike signals a brand new monetary regime Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 202321 September, 2023 This is a quick analysis by Atilla Yesilada about the importance of Central Bank’s (CBRT) … Continue ReadingANALSIS: CBRT’s 500 basis point rate hike signals a brand new monetary regime
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan finally meets Netanyahu, but no details on NG pipeline Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the effort to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia during his … Continue ReadingErdogan finally meets Netanyahu, but no details on NG pipeline
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Video COMMENTARY: Why is Turkey delaying Sweden’s NATO membership? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 Video COMMENTARY: Why is Turkey delaying Sweden’s NATO membership? President Erdogan will probably … Continue ReadingVideo COMMENTARY: Why is Turkey delaying Sweden’s NATO membership?
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Turkish contractors banned from Euro-tender for Russia connections Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 Rail Baltica Project, one of the most important railway projects in Europe, was put out … Continue ReadingTurkish contractors banned from Euro-tender for Russia connections
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Columnists Economy HIGHLIGHTS Atilla Yesilada: Turkish economy still too hot for comfort Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 On Monday, private financial broadcaster BloombergHT published its September preliminary consumer survey, which is even … Continue ReadingAtilla Yesilada: Turkish economy still too hot for comfort
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS HSBC ups policy rate forecast, downgrades GDP growth Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 September, 2023 Investment bank HSBC increased its year-end forecast for the policy rate in Turkey from 30 … Continue ReadingHSBC ups policy rate forecast, downgrades GDP growth
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Şimşek: The bottleneck in foreign financing is being solved Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 September, 2023 Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek stated that Turkey overcame the problems in accessing … Continue ReadingŞimşek: The bottleneck in foreign financing is being solved
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: Will Erdoğan’s “parting ways with EU” maneuver yield a result? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 When President Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned the possibility of Türkiye parting ways with the European Union … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Will Erdoğan’s “parting ways with EU” maneuver yield a result?
