Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s March unemployment rate down thanks to ease of lockdowns Güldem AtabayPosted on10 May, 2021 Turkish unemployment declined to 13.1 percent in Marchfrom 13.2 percent a month ago following the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s March unemployment rate down thanks to ease of lockdowns
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish research group faces criminal charges over inflation data Güldem AtabayPosted on10 May, 2021 Turkey’s statistics agency TUIK filed a criminal complaint against a group of local researchers publishing … Continue ReadingTurkish research group faces criminal charges over inflation data
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS No rate cut but the smell of it… Güldem AtabayPosted on6 May, 2021 Turkey’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a second meeting on Thursday … Continue ReadingNo rate cut but the smell of it…
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics MetroPoll: Main opposition party CHP most popular among first time GenZ voters Güldem AtabayPosted on4 May, 20214 May, 2021 Metropoll April Survey results showed that among the first-time voters out of the GenZ, Turkey’s main … Continue ReadingMetroPoll: Main opposition party CHP most popular among first time GenZ voters
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish prosecutors began a probe into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu Güldem AtabayPosted on4 May, 20214 May, 2021 Turkey’s Interior Minisytry confirmed that Turkish prosecutors began a probe into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu … Continue ReadingTurkish prosecutors began a probe into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu
Categories Economy General Politics Turkey bars supermarkets from selling goods other than “basic needs” Güldem AtabayPosted on4 May, 2021 Turkey’s government barred supermarkets from selling some goods to customers after it tightened a lockdown … Continue ReadingTurkey bars supermarkets from selling goods other than “basic needs”
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey and Egypt: Improved Relations — or Another Setback for Erdogan? Güldem AtabayPosted on3 May, 2021 In a complete reversal of his incessant attacks against the Egyptian government since the 2013 revolution and coup, … Continue ReadingTurkey and Egypt: Improved Relations — or Another Setback for Erdogan?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Libya’s top diplomat urges withdrawal of foreign fighters Güldem AtabayPosted on3 May, 2021 Libya’s top diplomat Monday called for the departure of foreign forces and mercenaries from the … Continue ReadingLibya’s top diplomat urges withdrawal of foreign fighters
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey: PMI down, inflation up… Güldem AtabayPosted on3 May, 2021 Turkey’s April PMI survey data reading is 50.4 down from the March level of 52.6; … Continue ReadingTurkey: PMI down, inflation up…
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s Managament Crisis: Turkey Reverses New Rule on Dishonored Checks After Criticism Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 2021 Turkey’s government on Friday reversed measures meant to prevent an explosion in the number of … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Managament Crisis: Turkey Reverses New Rule on Dishonored Checks After Criticism
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s tourism earnings down by 40 percent in first quarter Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 202130 April, 2021 Turkey’s tourism revenues slid by 40% annually in the first quarter of 2021 as per … Continue ReadingTurkey’s tourism earnings down by 40 percent in first quarter
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Güldem Atabay: Turkey’s neurotic monetary policy Güldem AtabayPosted on30 April, 2021 Şahap Kavcıoğlu, the third central bank governor in less than three years, presented Turkey’s second … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: Turkey’s neurotic monetary policy
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Murat Yetkin: Turkey became a land of privileges and double standards Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey is turning into a country of privileges and double standards, with … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Turkey became a land of privileges and double standards
Categories Politics Court of Cassation upholds prison sentence of Selahattin Demirtaş Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 The prison sentence of 4 years and 8 months given to Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned … Continue ReadingCourt of Cassation upholds prison sentence of Selahattin Demirtaş
Categories Economy General Politics Asylum applications from Turkey to EU increased by 500 pct since 2015 Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 Turkish citizens’ asylum requests to Europe have increased by 506 percent, according to the European … Continue ReadingAsylum applications from Turkey to EU increased by 500 pct since 2015
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Metropoll: Majority of Turks oppose Kanal Istanbul, back Montreux Convention Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 A recent survey by Metropoll revealed that a majority of the population opposes President Recep … Continue ReadingMetropoll: Majority of Turks oppose Kanal Istanbul, back Montreux Convention
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Inflation Report II: Turkey’s central bank hikes inflation forecast to 12.2 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on29 April, 2021 In a quarterly inflation report, the central bank’s new governor raised the inflation forecast from … Continue ReadingInflation Report II: Turkey’s central bank hikes inflation forecast to 12.2 percent
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE: Blinken warns Turkey to refrain from new purchases of Russian weapons Güldem AtabayPosted on28 April, 202129 April, 2021 Full text of Blinken’s Turkey comments: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Turkey … Continue ReadingUPDATE: Blinken warns Turkey to refrain from new purchases of Russian weapons
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s banks ‘shy away from Erdoğan’s Kanal Istanbul project’ Güldem AtabayPosted on27 April, 2021 Some of Turkey’s biggest banks are reluctant to finance President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s planned Istanbul … Continue ReadingTurkey’s banks ‘shy away from Erdoğan’s Kanal Istanbul project’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Halkbank Case: U.S. Prosecutors Call Them ‘Victim Banks.’ Are They? Güldem AtabayPosted on27 April, 2021 Turkish-Iranian money launderer Reza Zarrab helped the Iranian regime move oil money around the world … Continue ReadingHalkbank Case: U.S. Prosecutors Call Them ‘Victim Banks.’ Are They?
