Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics PKK leader Ocalan calls for peace, claims he is ready to arrange it Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 December, 202429 December, 2024 Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the terrorist group PKK, responded positively to a call by … Continue ReadingPKK leader Ocalan calls for peace, claims he is ready to arrange it
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s minimum wage controversy: Why so much hoopla? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 December, 2024 Turkish government announced a 30% increase in the minimum wage for 2025, setting the monthly … Continue ReadingTurkey’s minimum wage controversy: Why so much hoopla?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan reverts to bad old days: Interest rates must fall to lower inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 December, 2024 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said interest rates will fall in 2025 as he once … Continue ReadingErdogan reverts to bad old days: Interest rates must fall to lower inflation
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Monetary Aggregates Report Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 December, 2024 In the week of December 20, the USD3.5 billion decrease in the CBRT’s net FX … Continue ReadingWeekly Monetary Aggregates Report
Categories Company & Industry General HIGHLIGHTS Türkiye plans for 3 nuclear power plants by 2035 Cem CetingucPosted on27 December, 2024 Türkiye aims to have three nuclear power plants by 2035, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said, … Continue ReadingTürkiye plans for 3 nuclear power plants by 2035
Categories Business Company & Industry Baykar acquires Piaggio Aerospace Cem CetingucPosted on27 December, 2024 Italy has approved the sale of Piaggio Aerospace, the country’s aviation giant, to the Turkish unmanned combat … Continue ReadingBaykar acquires Piaggio Aerospace
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS TURKEY: A bolder start to monetary easing Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 December, 2024 Turkish Central Bank CBRT began its easing cyhcle days before the New Year wtih a … Continue ReadingTURKEY: A bolder start to monetary easing
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey reportedly permits pro-kurdish party to meet jailed PKK leader Cem CetingucPosted on26 December, 2024 Turkey has decided to allow parliament’s pro-Kurdish party to hold talks with militant leader Abdullah … Continue ReadingTurkey reportedly permits pro-kurdish party to meet jailed PKK leader
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Poverty threatens to claim an entire generation of children in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on26 December, 2024 In a dim one-room apartment in one of Istanbul’s poorest neighborhoods, 11-year-old Atakan Sahin curls … Continue ReadingPoverty threatens to claim an entire generation of children in Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Markets Tech Turkey poised to emerge as regional tech hub Cem CetingucPosted on26 December, 2024 Türkiye’s digital, green transformation, foreign investor interest, engineering capabilities, and qualified workforce have great significance … Continue ReadingTurkey poised to emerge as regional tech hub
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Nuray Babacan: Turkey to have early election in fall 2027 Güldem AtabayPosted on26 December, 2024 At the beginning of last week, during a conversation with politicians, I asked, “When will … Continue ReadingNuray Babacan: Turkey to have early election in fall 2027
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Macro strategy for Turkey 2025 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 December, 2024 In our third article of Turkey 2025 series, we present the views of Mr Murat … Continue ReadingMacro strategy for Turkey 2025
Categories Emerging Markets Politics Syria: What is the endgame? How does it affect Turkey? (Video by Atilla Yesilada) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 December, 2024 The fall of Assad regime startled all nations and experts. The country is no nominally … Continue ReadingSyria: What is the endgame? How does it affect Turkey? (Video by Atilla Yesilada)
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS COMMENTARY: How much will it cost to re-build Syria? More than Syria can ever afford Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 December, 2024 According to the Türkiye Newspaper report, the transition government, which is also responsible for the … Continue ReadingCOMMENTARY: How much will it cost to re-build Syria? More than Syria can ever afford
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS TURKEY: Low-ball wage hike angers labor Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 December, 2024 Turkish government has announced a 30 percent increase in the monthly minimum wage for the … Continue ReadingTURKEY: Low-ball wage hike angers labor
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS A new crack-down on Turkish journalists, but why now? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 December, 2024 Turkish authorities have stepped up a crackdown on journalists, media and civil society groups that … Continue ReadingA new crack-down on Turkish journalists, but why now?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey reports sharp rise in November house sales Cem CetingucPosted on23 December, 2024 The Turkish Statistical Institute reported a 63.6% increase in house sales in November 2024 compared … Continue ReadingTurkey reports sharp rise in November house sales
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkish industrialists predict surge in foreign investments by 2025 Cem CetingucPosted on23 December, 2024 Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) Chairman, Erdal Bahcivan forecasted Türkiye to receive larger foreign capital and … Continue ReadingTurkish industrialists predict surge in foreign investments by 2025
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Lira gains wider use in Syria Cem CetingucPosted on23 December, 2024 After the collapse of the regime in Syria, the currency used by Bashar al-Assad began … Continue ReadingTurkish Lira gains wider use in Syria
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey positions itself for bigger role as broker in 2025 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 December, 202423 December, 2024 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a strong push to project Turkey’s influence internationally in … Continue ReadingTurkey positions itself for bigger role as broker in 2025
