Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey Central Bank: No rate change expected today Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 May, 2021 Turkey’s central bank (CBRT) is expected to keep its interest rates steady for the second … Continue ReadingTurkey Central Bank: No rate change expected today
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 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 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 Business Economy Reuters Analysis: Prospects fading, Turkey hopes lockdown rescues tourism season Atilla YeşiladaPosted on3 May, 2021 By Canan Sevgili and Berna Suleymanoglu ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s tourism sector faces another … Continue ReadingReuters Analysis: Prospects fading, Turkey hopes lockdown rescues tourism season
Categories Economy Finance JP Morgan: Governor Kavcioglu’s hawkish tone reduces the risk of premature easing Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 May, 2021 By Yarkin Cebeci In the first inflation report briefing of his term, CBRT’s newly-appointed … Continue ReadingJP Morgan: Governor Kavcioglu’s hawkish tone reduces the risk of premature easing
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 Markets China offical PMI’s weaken in April Cem CetingucPosted on30 April, 2021 A gauge of China’s manufacturing industry slipped in April and the services sector also weakened, … Continue ReadingChina offical PMI’s weaken in April
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 Economy CNBC.com: Turkey’s 3rd lockdown hallows out her economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 Turkey is buckling down for a three-week full lockdown beginning Thursday, as a third wave … Continue ReadingCNBC.com: Turkey’s 3rd lockdown hallows out her economy
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 Tim Ash: Turkish Central Bank promises tight policy to curb inflation, but hard to be inspired by promises Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 Turkey’s rookie Central Bank (CBRT) governor Prof Sahap Kavcioglu held his first Inflation Report press … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Turkish Central Bank promises tight policy to curb inflation, but hard to be inspired by promises
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 Emerging Markets ADB: Strong growth in Asia, under new clouds Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 April, 2021 Developing Asian economies will grow at a solid 7.3% pace this year after contracting slightly … Continue ReadingADB: Strong growth in Asia, under new clouds
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?
