Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Comment: Will Turkey’s Central Bank ever stop cutting rates? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 December, 2021 With Fed turning decidedly more hawkish on Wednesday, the other highlight of the week is … Continue ReadingComment: Will Turkey’s Central Bank ever stop cutting rates?
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Atabay: ‘Erdoganomics’ Is The Reason for Lira Losing Ground – Bloomberg Video Güldem AtabayPosted on29 November, 202129 November, 2021 Guldem Atabay, economist at Global Source Turkey and PATurkey columnist, discusses the sharp slump in … Continue ReadingAtabay: ‘Erdoganomics’ Is The Reason for Lira Losing Ground – Bloomberg Video
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics OPINION: Turkish opposition marches to power Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 October, 2021 Six Turkish opposition parties are stepping up collaboration in their bid to unseat Tayyip Erdogan … Continue ReadingOPINION: Turkish opposition marches to power
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HYPED Ambassador crisis: How the West taught a lesson in diplomacy to AKP Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 October, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back on Monday from his threat to expel 10 … Continue ReadingAmbassador crisis: How the West taught a lesson in diplomacy to AKP
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Shockingly “bold” rate cut and now what for TL? Güldem AtabayPosted on21 October, 2021 Turkey’s central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by 2 percentage points to 16% at … Continue ReadingShockingly “bold” rate cut and now what for TL?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS The rate cut conundrum: What will Erdogan do? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 October, 2021 I have read three surveys by Turkish press outlets, all of which find that the … Continue ReadingThe rate cut conundrum: What will Erdogan do?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HYPED A dim beam of hope for Syria—and Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 October, 2021 Syria’s government and opposition in the war-torn country have agreed to start drafting constitutional reforms, … Continue ReadingA dim beam of hope for Syria—and Turkey
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opinion: Stuck between Russia and US, Turkey loses foreign policy flexibility Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 October, 2021 Ankara has pursued an opportunistic foreign policy since Trump was elected to presidency. Humored by … Continue ReadingOpinion: Stuck between Russia and US, Turkey loses foreign policy flexibility
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets OPINION: TL testing new lows, worse to come Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 September, 2021 Turkish Lira is about to close this week’s trading in Istanbul, at 8.8750-88 vs the … Continue ReadingOPINION: TL testing new lows, worse to come
Categories Economy General Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Evaluation of Turkey’s growth prospects Güldem AtabayPosted on1 September, 20211 September, 2021 As per the official figures Turkey’s 2Q21 GDP Growth was 21.7%. The 10.4% contraction in … Continue ReadingEvaluation of Turkey’s growth prospects
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets OPINION: Erdogan manages to upset the currency market, again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 August, 2021 President Erdogan found time to “instruct those who know that this message is for them” … Continue ReadingOPINION: Erdogan manages to upset the currency market, again
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS The ‘captain of the economy’ in Turkey can no longer re-direct the ship Güldem AtabayPosted on7 June, 2021 As the cycle of economic crises in Turkey began to shake the governing alliance, organised … Continue ReadingThe ‘captain of the economy’ in Turkey can no longer re-direct the ship
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 Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics Güldem Atabay: The Death of a Central Bank Güldem AtabayPosted on22 April, 2021 The Turkish central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the benchmark interest rate steady at … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: The Death of a Central Bank
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS EM: Fragile Five out, Sick Three in Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 April, 2021 From an investment perspective, Emerging Markets (EM) are turning out to be the big disappointment … Continue ReadingEM: Fragile Five out, Sick Three in
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay Politics Erdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 202129 March, 2021 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shook international markets by firing the well-regarded governor of the … Continue ReadingErdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Markets OPINION: TL will drop faster this week Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 March, 2021 Turkey’s sickly currency closed the week at 8.08 against the American dollar, thus officially surrendering … Continue ReadingOPINION: TL will drop faster this week
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Fed FOMC could seriously damage Emerging Markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 All market participants are nervously eyeing Wednesday’s Fed FOMC meeting, but one group of asset … Continue ReadingFed FOMC could seriously damage Emerging Markets
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Turkey bars companies from laying off workers for another two months Güldem AtabayPosted on9 March, 202115 March, 2021 President Erdogan extended a ban on firms laying off workers, a measure first implemented after … Continue ReadingTurkey bars companies from laying off workers for another two months
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS A Perfect Storm for Turkish Economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 March, 202115 March, 2021 The Perfect Storm for the Turkish Economy Real Turkey presents its Turkey spring forecasts 1Q … Continue ReadingA Perfect Storm for Turkish Economy
