Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Standard Chartered: Tourism has the potential to get TL out the bind, but Ankara to squander opportunity Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 May, 2022 Opportunity, but it may be squandered The TRY is particularly exposed to the Russia-Ukraine war. … Continue ReadingStandard Chartered: Tourism has the potential to get TL out the bind, but Ankara to squander opportunity
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Commentary: Turkey’s Slow-Motion Currency Crash Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 May, 2022 It is the time of the year, when Turkey has another currency crash. It happens … Continue ReadingCommentary: Turkey’s Slow-Motion Currency Crash
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS A new instrument in inflation-fighting: Begging businesses to stop it Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 May, 2022 Turkey added “begging” to the arsenal of conventional and unconventional tools to fight inaction. Turkish … Continue ReadingA new instrument in inflation-fighting: Begging businesses to stop it
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan throws sand in NATO expansion wheels Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 May, 2022 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it was not possible for NATO-member Turkey to … Continue ReadingErdogan throws sand in NATO expansion wheels
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Top court upholds prison sentence to CHP’s İstanbul Chair Güldem AtabayPosted on12 May, 2022 The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the prison sentence given to main opposition Republican People’s … Continue ReadingTop court upholds prison sentence to CHP’s İstanbul Chair
Categories Company & Industry Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey Food Retail: Strong top-line growth helps deliver stable profitability Cem CetingucPosted on12 May, 2022 Strong growth momentum with trade down environment: Turkish food retailers report strong sales growth momentum … Continue ReadingTurkey Food Retail: Strong top-line growth helps deliver stable profitability
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics FT: Turkey dials up the pressure on banks as lira slides Güldem AtabayPosted on12 May, 2022 Turkish authorities have raised the pressure on the country’s banks to limit corporate clients’ purchases of foreign … Continue ReadingFT: Turkey dials up the pressure on banks as lira slides
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics WSJ: Biden asks congress approval for Turkey F-16 deal Cem CetingucPosted on12 May, 202212 May, 2022 President Joe Biden’s administration asked congressional leaders last month to approve a new weapons deal … Continue ReadingWSJ: Biden asks congress approval for Turkey F-16 deal
Categories Company & Industry General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Tech Binance Turkey warns investors regarding Billboard scams Cem CetingucPosted on12 May, 2022 Istanbul, Turkey is awash in billboards advertising new crypto offerings from virtual asset exchanges, but … Continue ReadingBinance Turkey warns investors regarding Billboard scams
Categories Business Company & Industry Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Food Retail: Strong top-line growth helps deliver stable profitability Cem CetingucPosted on12 May, 2022 Strong growth momentum with trade down environment: Turkish food retailers report strong sales growth momentum … Continue ReadingTurkey Food Retail: Strong top-line growth helps deliver stable profitability
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey, Pakistan to initiate security discussions Cem CetingucPosted on11 May, 2022 Turkey and Pakistan initiated security discussions in Istanbul on Tuesday, bringing together scholars and practitioners … Continue ReadingTurkey, Pakistan to initiate security discussions
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey-Kazakhstan trade deal aims to reach 10 Billion dollars Cem CetingucPosted on11 May, 2022 Erdoğan and President Kassym-Jomart K. Tokayev of Kazakhstan held a joint press conference following their meeting … Continue ReadingTurkey-Kazakhstan trade deal aims to reach 10 Billion dollars
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Ambassador William Roebuck: Why did Erdogan fly to Jeddah? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 May, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the end of April … Continue ReadingAmbassador William Roebuck: Why did Erdogan fly to Jeddah?
Categories Business Company & Industry General HIGHLIGHTS Tech Massive exodus from energy production Cem CetingucPosted on10 May, 202210 May, 2022 The ongoing economic crisis in Turkey hit energy companies hard. Investors began to withdraw from … Continue ReadingMassive exodus from energy production
Categories Company & Industry General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Tech Turkish drone brings innovation to modern warfare Cem CetingucPosted on10 May, 202210 May, 2022 A video posted toward the end of February on the Facebook page of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, … Continue ReadingTurkish drone brings innovation to modern warfare
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Erdoğan pledges to battle high cost of living Cem CetingucPosted on10 May, 2022 Pesident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday pledged arrangements to boost the purchasing power of lower-income … Continue ReadingErdoğan pledges to battle high cost of living
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdoğan reveals to build 200,000 homes for Syrians Cem CetingucPosted on10 May, 2022 Turkey plans to build 200,000 homes in northern Syria for some one-fourth of the refugees to … Continue ReadingErdoğan reveals to build 200,000 homes for Syrians
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics 60 percent of Turkey lost faith in Erdogan: Metropoll survey Cem CetingucPosted on9 May, 20229 May, 2022 Almost 60 percent of Turkish voters do not believe that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can … Continue Reading60 percent of Turkey lost faith in Erdogan: Metropoll survey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics US lawmakers in favor of Turkey F-16 deal Cem CetingucPosted on9 May, 20229 May, 2022 Several U.S. lawmakers of critical importance in Washington’s potential sale of dozens of F-16 fighter … Continue ReadingUS lawmakers in favor of Turkey F-16 deal
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Asylum seekers exceed 4 million in Turkey: Minister Cem CetingucPosted on9 May, 2022 The total number of asylum seekers in Turkey is 4,082,693, and of them, 3,762,686 comprise Syrians under temporary protection, … Continue ReadingAsylum seekers exceed 4 million in Turkey: Minister
