Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Broad investor community reengaging with Türkiye: JP Morgan Güldem AtabayPosted on25 January, 2024 A broad base of the investor community is reengaging with Türkiye amid the change in … Continue ReadingBroad investor community reengaging with Türkiye: JP Morgan
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics President Biden sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey Güldem AtabayPosted on24 January, 202424 January, 2024 The Biden administration has sent a letter to members of Congress, urging approval for a … Continue ReadingPresident Biden sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Consumer confidence is at a 7-month high: Salary hikes boost morale Güldem AtabayPosted on23 January, 2024 According to the consumer confidence index data for January announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute … Continue ReadingConsumer confidence is at a 7-month high: Salary hikes boost morale
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics How was Başak Demirtaş’s candidacy announcement received by the DEM Party and how might it affect cooperation with the CHP? Güldem AtabayPosted on23 January, 2024 The announcement by Başak Demirtaş, the wife of former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who is … Continue ReadingHow was Başak Demirtaş’s candidacy announcement received by the DEM Party and how might it affect cooperation with the CHP?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Pollster close to AKP: Ekrem İmamoğlu is 4 points ahead in Istanbul Güldem AtabayPosted on23 January, 2024 In the local elections, both the government and the opposition are locked on the Istanbul … Continue ReadingPollster close to AKP: Ekrem İmamoğlu is 4 points ahead in Istanbul
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Disinformation Center denies claim that Erdoğan will meet with Central Bank Governor Erkan Güldem AtabayPosted on22 January, 2024 The claim that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye … Continue ReadingDisinformation Center denies claim that Erdoğan will meet with Central Bank Governor Erkan
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE: Turkish Parliament Set to Vote on Sweden’s NATO Bid This Week Güldem AtabayPosted on22 January, 202423 January, 2024 As reported by Bloomberg, the Turkish parliament is poised to vote on Sweden’s potential entry … Continue ReadingUPDATE: Turkish Parliament Set to Vote on Sweden’s NATO Bid This Week
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS ISIS uses Turkey as a base to strengthen its Khorasan branch Güldem AtabayPosted on22 January, 2024 The indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office revealed ISIS’s Khorasan organization and … Continue ReadingISIS uses Turkey as a base to strengthen its Khorasan branch
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdoğan will meet with Hafize Gaye Erkan on Tuesday: Three options discussed Güldem AtabayPosted on22 January, 2024 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a meeting with Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan. … Continue ReadingErdoğan will meet with Hafize Gaye Erkan on Tuesday: Three options discussed
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s central bank run by the Governor’s father? Güldem AtabayPosted on18 January, 202419 January, 2024 Central Bank employee Büşra Bozkurt filed a complaint to CİMER stating that she was fired … Continue ReadingTurkey’s central bank run by the Governor’s father?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Survey: Majority of Turks distrust Turkish State Religious Authority and sects Güldem AtabayPosted on17 January, 202422 January, 2024 According to a study released today by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), … Continue ReadingSurvey: Majority of Turks distrust Turkish State Religious Authority and sects
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS The annual cost of personal loans in Turkey has reached up to 200 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on17 January, 2024 The monthly general purpose loan interest rate in the banking sector varies between 3.37-7.32 percent, … Continue ReadingThe annual cost of personal loans in Turkey has reached up to 200 percent
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Money transfers from Russia come to a standstill Güldem AtabayPosted on16 January, 2024 Collection problems are growing in the increasing trade between Turkey and Russia after the Ukraine … Continue ReadingMoney transfers from Russia come to a standstill
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Fatih Ozatay: Cash and central government budget deficits: Why are they so different? Güldem AtabayPosted on16 January, 2024 December budget deficit was announced yesterday. The deficit was realized as 843 billion TRY in … Continue ReadingFatih Ozatay: Cash and central government budget deficits: Why are they so different?
Categories Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Record high budget deficit in December shifts focus back to new inflation spike Güldem AtabayPosted on15 January, 202415 January, 2024 The central government budget balance, which posted a deficit of 75.6 billion liras in November, … Continue ReadingRecord high budget deficit in December shifts focus back to new inflation spike
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s Central Bank Governor announces from NY to investors that tightening cycle is near end Güldem AtabayPosted on12 January, 2024 Speaking at an investor meeting at JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s headquarters in New York, Turkey’s central … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Central Bank Governor announces from NY to investors that tightening cycle is near end
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Yağız Kutay Isik: “Are Turkish Football Clubs Going to Be Sold?” Güldem AtabayPosted on5 January, 20247 January, 2024 The scandal in Saudi Arabia has been debated by the public since Thursday. True patriots … Continue ReadingYağız Kutay Isik: “Are Turkish Football Clubs Going to Be Sold?”
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics CHP leader Özel: Gezi case is Erdoğan’s political grudge case, announces rally to “protect” the Constitution Güldem AtabayPosted on4 January, 2024 CHP Central Executive Board and Party Assembly convened with an extraordinary agenda following the Supreme … Continue ReadingCHP leader Özel: Gezi case is Erdoğan’s political grudge case, announces rally to “protect” the Constitution
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank total reserves declined for the first time in 12 weeks Güldem AtabayPosted on4 January, 2024 According to data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), net … Continue ReadingCentral Bank total reserves declined for the first time in 12 weeks
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics US: “We have no comment at this stage on progress on F-16 sales to Turkey” Güldem AtabayPosted on4 January, 2024 US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller commented on the process regarding the US sale of … Continue ReadingUS: “We have no comment at this stage on progress on F-16 sales to Turkey”