Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey Greece talks on illegal immigration continue Cem CetingucPosted on19 January, 2024 Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has engaged in a series of bilateral discussions with Greek Shipping and Island … Continue ReadingTurkey Greece talks on illegal immigration continue
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS First Turkish astronaut steps foot on ISS Cem CetingucPosted on19 January, 2024 The first Turkish astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, and three other crew members blasted off on Thursday on a voyage to … Continue ReadingFirst Turkish astronaut steps foot on ISS
Categories Business General HYPED Erdogan administration tightening alcohol ban in insidious ways Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 January, 2024 Turkey’s Agriculture Ministry plans to require alcohol producers to deposit 5 million to 50 million … Continue ReadingErdogan administration tightening alcohol ban in insidious ways
Categories Business General HYPED Sinan Ciddi: Israel Should Boycott Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 January, 2024 Sinan Ciddi, a nonresident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an … Continue ReadingSinan Ciddi: Israel Should Boycott Turkey
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 General HYPED Hakan Fidan sends stern warning to Iraqi Kurds Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 January, 2024 Turkish Parliament passed a joint resolution to condemn terror, the debate for which revealed interesting … Continue ReadingHakan Fidan sends stern warning to Iraqi Kurds
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan threatens new ground offensive in Syria Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 January, 2024 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey has declared the continuation of military operations in Syria … Continue ReadingErdogan threatens new ground offensive in Syria
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Tim Ash: Turkey Q&A Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 January, 2024 Q? Is Simsek here to stay? Answer – Yes, and knowing what the hidden question … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Turkey Q&A
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish journalist: Questions that made Gaye Erkan sweat in JP Morgan investor conference Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 January, 2024 Reportedly, Central Bank Governor Gaye Erkan was sweating when faced with questions at the JP … Continue ReadingTurkish journalist: Questions that made Gaye Erkan sweat in JP Morgan investor conference
Categories General HYPED SABAH: Türkiye could step in if Ethiopia-Somaliland controversy turns sour Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 January, 2024 Türkiye could act as a mediator should a recent controversial port deal between Ethiopia and … Continue ReadingSABAH: Türkiye could step in if Ethiopia-Somaliland controversy turns sour
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Peter Tase: Can Milei find an ally in Turkey‘s Erdogan? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 January, 2024 On December 10, 2023, Javier Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist whose astonishing rhetoric drew comparisons to … Continue ReadingPeter Tase: Can Milei find an ally in Turkey‘s Erdogan?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Nine Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 January, 2024 The Ministry of National Defense (MSB) announced that nine soldiers were martyred and four soldiers … Continue ReadingNine Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Iran seizes oil tanker headed for Tupras Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 January, 2024 The U.S. government on Thursday confirmed reports that the Iranian navy had seized an oil … Continue ReadingIran seizes oil tanker headed for Tupras
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Mehmet Simsek: Confidence in economic program is worth $8.8 bn Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 January, 2024 Türkiye obtained billions of dollars in external resources, provided to various sectors in the country … Continue ReadingMehmet Simsek: Confidence in economic program is worth $8.8 bn
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s presidential system from the perspective of the misery Index Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 January, 2024 When the misery index was first proposed by Arthur Okun, it was an indicator consisting … Continue ReadingTurkey’s presidential system from the perspective of the misery Index
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania to launch venture to demine Black Sea trade routes Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 January, 2024 An anticipated tripartite agreement involving Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria is set to be formalized on … Continue ReadingTurkey, Bulgaria and Romania to launch venture to demine Black Sea trade routes
Categories Economy Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish central bank nears the end of its tightening cycle yet the deposit yields slide Editor P.A.Posted on9 January, 2024 TL deposit interest rates, which exceeded 50 percent in the last month of the year … Continue ReadingTurkish central bank nears the end of its tightening cycle yet the deposit yields slide
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS (UPDATE: Imamoglu vs Kurum polls) Former Urban & Environmental Affairs Minister Kurum to face Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul race Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 January, 20248 January, 2024 According to the December research conducted by MetroPoll, citizens were asked what the result would … Continue Reading(UPDATE: Imamoglu vs Kurum polls) Former Urban & Environmental Affairs Minister Kurum to face Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul race
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Metropoll/Özer Sencar: If İmamoğlu wins the local elections, he will most likely be elected President in 2028 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 January, 2024 Founder and Director of MetroPOLL Research, Özer Sencar, predicted that if Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was … Continue ReadingMetropoll/Özer Sencar: If İmamoğlu wins the local elections, he will most likely be elected President in 2028
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s poverty threshold hits nearly three times the new minimum wage Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 January, 2024 Turkey’s hunger threshold was 14,431 liras ($485) while the poverty threshold exceeded 47,000 liras ($1,578) … Continue ReadingTurkey’s poverty threshold hits nearly three times the new minimum wage