Categories Business Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Banana, apple exports boost post TL depreciation Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 202422 March, 2024 According to EastFruit analysts, another collapse in the Turkish national currency has led to significant consequences for … Continue ReadingBanana, apple exports boost post TL depreciation
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Türkiye agrees US “sanctions compliance scheme” for Russia Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 2024 Turkey agreed with the US on the implementation of the “sanctions compliance scheme” introduced by … Continue ReadingTürkiye agrees US “sanctions compliance scheme” for Russia
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Türkiye-EU ties crucial, says Turkish FM Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 2024 The Turkish top diplomat has reiterated the importance of Türkiye-European Union relations and urged Brussels not … Continue ReadingTürkiye-EU ties crucial, says Turkish FM
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Bekir Ağırdır: AKP’s only handicap in local elections is not that YRP is running a separate candidate Güldem AtabayPosted on22 March, 2024 Researcher Bekir Ağırdır stated that the local elections have turned into a race between Erdoğan … Continue ReadingBekir Ağırdır: AKP’s only handicap in local elections is not that YRP is running a separate candidate
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets TURKEY rate hike: What did fund managers say? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 March, 2024 Turkey’s central bank has unexpectedly raised its key interest rate as the country continues to … Continue ReadingTURKEY rate hike: What did fund managers say?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Ozgur Unluhisarciklioglu: Türkiye Votes Again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2024 Türkiye is gearing up for the local elections on March 31, a year after President … Continue ReadingOzgur Unluhisarciklioglu: Türkiye Votes Again
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Gold smuggling in Turkey has surged due to the widening gap with the world market Güldem AtabayPosted on21 March, 2024 Turkey is experiencing a surge in gold smuggling as individuals seek to capitalize on the … Continue ReadingGold smuggling in Turkey has surged due to the widening gap with the world market
Categories Economy Finance Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s central bank shows muscle with 500 bps rate hike: What’s next from here? Güldem AtabayPosted on21 March, 202421 March, 2024 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) … Continue ReadingTurkey’s central bank shows muscle with 500 bps rate hike: What’s next from here?
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Tim Ash: Turkey – another critical MPC meeting Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2024 The CBRT’s MPC meets again this week in what is shaping up to be a … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Turkey – another critical MPC meeting
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics VP Cevdet Yilmaz: No change in austerity program after the elections Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2024 Speaking to businesspeople in Ankara, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz stated that local elections are not … Continue ReadingVP Cevdet Yilmaz: No change in austerity program after the elections
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey, Iran, Morocco combat for influence in Sahel region Cem CetingucPosted on20 March, 202420 March, 2024 Turkey, Iran and Morocco are vying for a greater economic and military role in Africa’s … Continue ReadingTurkey, Iran, Morocco combat for influence in Sahel region
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish population is increasingly aging: UN report Cem CetingucPosted on20 March, 2024 Türkiye finds itself confronting the challenges posed by an increasingly aging population, a trend highlighted … Continue ReadingTurkish population is increasingly aging: UN report
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Consumer Confidence Index increased in March: Turkstat Cem CetingucPosted on20 March, 202420 March, 2024 Consumer confidence index realized as 79.4 Consumer confidence index, calculated from the results of the … Continue ReadingConsumer Confidence Index increased in March: Turkstat
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics WSJ: Russia’s Backdoor to the Global Banking System Is Slamming Shut-Turkish lenders have become more cautious Güldem AtabayPosted on20 March, 2024 The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Turkish companies and banks have become cautious in … Continue ReadingWSJ: Russia’s Backdoor to the Global Banking System Is Slamming Shut-Turkish lenders have become more cautious
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Commentary: Can a Trump residency improve the battered Turko-American relationship? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2024 Irrespective of who will take the Oval Office in the upcoming U.S. Presidential elections, the … Continue ReadingCommentary: Can a Trump residency improve the battered Turko-American relationship?
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED PM Pashinyan hints at unilateral handover of four villages to Azerbaijan to avert war Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2024 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has hinted that Armenia might return control of four abandoned villages … Continue ReadingPM Pashinyan hints at unilateral handover of four villages to Azerbaijan to avert war
Categories Company & Industry Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets TEPAV: Rate hike should be 500 bps as two main problems emphasized Güldem AtabayPosted on19 March, 202419 March, 2024 In its ‘Monetary Policy Assessment Note’, TEPAV emphasized that the policy rate should be raised … Continue ReadingTEPAV: Rate hike should be 500 bps as two main problems emphasized
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Political Scientist Arzu Yilmaz: Turkey’s plans to establish a trade route in Iraq has nowhere to go Editor P.A.Posted on19 March, 202419 March, 2024 For some time now, contacts between Ankara and Baghdad have gained momentum… One of the … Continue ReadingPolitical Scientist Arzu Yilmaz: Turkey’s plans to establish a trade route in Iraq has nowhere to go
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: On April 1, two scenarios: we will wake up to a different Turkey Güldem AtabayPosted on19 March, 202419 March, 2024 It was clear that the main race in the election would be for the mayorship … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: On April 1, two scenarios: we will wake up to a different Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics ANALYSIS: New polls show CHP ahead in major cities, Erdogan to personally take over Istanbul campaign Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 2024 The results of AREA Research’s Ankara, Mersin and Adana surveys have been published. There are … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: New polls show CHP ahead in major cities, Erdogan to personally take over Istanbul campaign