Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Medical Association protests against negligence of government Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 Following healthcare workers’ Turkey-wide 2-day strike on March 14 Doctor’s Day and yesterday (March 15), … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Association protests against negligence of government
Categories General HYPED Tim Ash: Russia is losing Ukraine Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 Bad tactics, crap equipment, and inexperienced troops suffering low morale fighting in a country which … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Russia is losing Ukraine
Categories General HYPED Politics AKP and MHP tweak the election system, will it avert disaster for Erdogan? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 After months of elaborations, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and their … Continue ReadingAKP and MHP tweak the election system, will it avert disaster for Erdogan?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics President Erdogan: Turkey will not send any refugees back Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2022 Ankara will not send any refugees taking shelter in Turkey back to their countries, President Recep … Continue ReadingPresident Erdogan: Turkey will not send any refugees back
Categories Economy Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Y.F. Macro Focus: CBRT’s advance dividend and reserve funds supported budget Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2022 In February, budget gave a surplus of TRY69.7bn (Feb.21: TRY-23.2bn, Jan.22: TRY+30bn). Despite, there was no … Continue ReadingY.F. Macro Focus: CBRT’s advance dividend and reserve funds supported budget
Categories General HYPED Selim Yenel: Can Russia’s War on Ukraine Drive Turkey and the West to Reconcile? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world and is changing Europe’s landscape. President Vladimir … Continue ReadingSelim Yenel: Can Russia’s War on Ukraine Drive Turkey and the West to Reconcile?
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED UN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned that Russia’s invasion attempt of Ukraine is … Continue ReadingUN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Tim Ash: The West should provide financial support to Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 It is pretty clear that Russia will, and indeed is, using Turkey, and particularly its … Continue ReadingTim Ash: The West should provide financial support to Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdoğan met Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis in Istanbul Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Istanbul. Mitsotakis … Continue ReadingErdoğan met Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis in Istanbul
Categories General HYPED What happened in the Biden – Erdogan phone call Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 US President Biden who has for long given Turkish President Erdogan the second class treatment, … Continue ReadingWhat happened in the Biden – Erdogan phone call
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Foreign Policy Research Institute: Turkey and Israel: A relationship unlikely to be fulfilled Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 PATurkey looked long and hard to find an article which best explains the aftermath of … Continue ReadingForeign Policy Research Institute: Turkey and Israel: A relationship unlikely to be fulfilled
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED THOMAS DE WAAL: Darkness Looms Over Ukraine’s Neighborhood Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 As Russia’s invasion force grinds further into Ukraine, other post-Soviet countries also have reason to … Continue ReadingTHOMAS DE WAAL: Darkness Looms Over Ukraine’s Neighborhood
Categories General HYPED Politics This Week in Turkey feat. Atilla Yeşilada & Faruk Loğoğlu: Turkish Foreign Relations and Economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 Turkey hosts the Antalya Diplomacy Forum to attempt to quell the flames in Ukraine: … Continue ReadingThis Week in Turkey feat. Atilla Yeşilada & Faruk Loğoğlu: Turkish Foreign Relations and Economy
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Let’s talk macroeconomics—Real Turkey Channel Special Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 In a special edition of Real Turkey Channel, ParaAnaliz columnist Kaya Özyürek interviews Alfonso … Continue ReadingLet’s talk macroeconomics—Real Turkey Channel Special
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics ‘No progress’ as top Russia, Ukraine diplomats talk in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on11 March, 202211 March, 2022 Ukraine’s foreign minister said he discussed a 24-hour ceasefire with his Russian counterpart but no … Continue Reading‘No progress’ as top Russia, Ukraine diplomats talk in Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey: Caught Between Russia and the West Cem CetingucPosted on11 March, 2022 As the war in Ukraine continues to cause more devastation and casualties, countries around the … Continue ReadingArmenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey: Caught Between Russia and the West
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Macro Snapshot: Labour Force Statistics Cem CetingucPosted on11 March, 202211 March, 2022 Labour force decreased by 22k MoM to 33.8mn and participation rate decreased by 0.1 MoM … Continue ReadingMacro Snapshot: Labour Force Statistics
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Price hikes rain hellfire down on Turkish consumers Cem CetingucPosted on9 March, 2022 Price hikes rain hellfire down on Turkish consumers In his recent statement to the Turkish … Continue ReadingPrice hikes rain hellfire down on Turkish consumers
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opposition party leader Kılıçdaroğlu promises to bring back Istanbul Convention Cem CetingucPosted on9 March, 2022 Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on March 8 pledged to reintroduce Istanbul … Continue ReadingOpposition party leader Kılıçdaroğlu promises to bring back Istanbul Convention
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Gold prices surge sharply in Turkish market amid Russian war and inflation concerns Cem CetingucPosted on9 March, 2022 Gold prices have surged sharply in the Turkish market on Tuesday amid the conflict between … Continue ReadingGold prices surge sharply in Turkish market amid Russian war and inflation concerns