Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish philanthropist sentenced to life for fomenting Gezi Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 April, 2022 A Turkish court has sentenced an activist and philanthropist to life in prison in a … Continue ReadingTurkish philanthropist sentenced to life for fomenting Gezi
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Massive underground city found during excavation in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on25 April, 2022 The researchers believe the underground city may be the largest in the world. Numerous artifacts … Continue ReadingMassive underground city found during excavation in Turkey
Categories Business Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey to engage new promotion strategy for exports Cem CetingucPosted on25 April, 202227 April, 2022 Turkey plans to engage with a new strategy to promote its brands and goods and … Continue ReadingTurkey to engage new promotion strategy for exports
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey swiftly moving to currency controls Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 April, 2022 According to Bloomberg and its own website, Turkey’s central bank revised some reserve requirement rules … Continue ReadingTurkey swiftly moving to currency controls
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish Foreign Ministry summons Iraqi diplomats over Baghdad’s anti-terror opstatements Cem CetingucPosted on22 April, 2022 The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Iraqi Embassy in Ankara … Continue ReadingTurkish Foreign Ministry summons Iraqi diplomats over Baghdad’s anti-terror opstatements
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey Will Bar Syrian Refugees From Visiting Syria Cem CetingucPosted on22 April, 2022 Turkey will bar Syrian refugees from visiting their home country for Eid al-Fitr, marking the … Continue ReadingTurkey Will Bar Syrian Refugees From Visiting Syria
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kilicdaroglu’s power supply cut over unpaid bills Cem CetingucPosted on22 April, 2022 Turkey’s main opposition leader said Thursday that his power supply had been cut at home … Continue ReadingKilicdaroglu’s power supply cut over unpaid bills
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Bomb explodes on prison vehicle in Bursa, Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on22 April, 2022 Assailants detonated a remote-controlled explosive device near a bus carrying prison guards in Turkey, an … Continue ReadingBomb explodes on prison vehicle in Bursa, Turkey
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkish real estate: Boom for some, disaster for the rest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 April, 2022 Cover chart in Turkish: Annualized house price increases Spiralling construction costs and inflation have … Continue ReadingTurkish real estate: Boom for some, disaster for the rest
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey moving away from Russia energy imports-slowly Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2022 Turkey’s energy hub dreams are getting stronger, if new developments are going to be successful. … Continue ReadingTurkey moving away from Russia energy imports-slowly
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkstat consumer confidence sinks amidst signs of demand slowdown Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2022 Turkstat (official) Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) decreased by 7.3% to 67.3 in April (March: 72.5, … Continue ReadingTurkstat consumer confidence sinks amidst signs of demand slowdown
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Finance minister gets together with US company executives Cem CetingucPosted on21 April, 2022 Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati met with executives of prominent U.S. companies to speak on the economic … Continue ReadingFinance minister gets together with US company executives
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkish Equities: Quarterly Strategy Report: The Impact of Global Slowdown Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2022 Russia-Ukraine tension has increased risks of stagflation and even recession As we entered the year … Continue ReadingTurkish Equities: Quarterly Strategy Report: The Impact of Global Slowdown
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey nears landmark LNG loan in shift from Russian natural gas Güldem AtabayPosted on20 April, 2022 Turkey and Deutsche Bank AG are in the final stages of talks for a pioneering 1 billion-euro … Continue ReadingTurkey nears landmark LNG loan in shift from Russian natural gas
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s neutrality on Ukraine is coming at a high price Güldem AtabayPosted on20 April, 2022 As NATO closes ranks against Russia — even Germany has abandoned its pacifist posture — … Continue ReadingTurkey’s neutrality on Ukraine is coming at a high price
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Erdoğan signals a u-turn on Syrian refugees Güldem AtabayPosted on20 April, 2022 Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu asked four questions to President … Continue ReadingErdoğan signals a u-turn on Syrian refugees
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Germany places Turkey’s biggest state bank -Ziraatbank-under special supervision Güldem AtabayPosted on20 April, 2022 Germany’s financial watchdog appointed a special representative to the Frankfurt-based unit of Turkey’s biggest state-run … Continue ReadingGermany places Turkey’s biggest state bank -Ziraatbank-under special supervision
Categories Business Company & Industry Finance HIGHLIGHTS HSBC: Stocks we like ahead of 1Q22 earnings Cem CetingucPosted on20 April, 202220 April, 2022 BIM (BIMAS TI, CMP TRY84.70, Buy, TP TRY128.00): The company is likely to continue to … Continue ReadingHSBC: Stocks we like ahead of 1Q22 earnings
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Russia lifts ban on several Turkish agricultural imports Cem CetingucPosted on20 April, 2022 Russia has lifted restrictions on the import of various agricultural products from Turkey, according to … Continue ReadingRussia lifts ban on several Turkish agricultural imports
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Reason behind Turkey wants to be back in Ukraine Cem CetingucPosted on20 April, 2022 In the wee hours of Thursday morning, two of Ukraine’s Neptune missiles reportedly struck Russia’s … Continue ReadingReason behind Turkey wants to be back in Ukraine
