Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Ford initiates massive battery plant in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 Ford plans to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in Turkey with South Korean battery maker SK … Continue ReadingFord initiates massive battery plant in Turkey
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Central Bank, sorry, Erdogan leaves policy rate unchanged, currency under pressure again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has decided to hold interest rates at … Continue ReadingTurkey Central Bank, sorry, Erdogan leaves policy rate unchanged, currency under pressure again
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Turkish automotive production and exports fell in the first two months of 2022 Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 According to the January-February data of the Automotive Industry Association (OSD), total automotive production decreased … Continue ReadingTurkish automotive production and exports fell in the first two months of 2022
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Dr Murat Ucer: Turkish Inflation and the Five Stages of Grief Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 One of the unwelcome consequences of the stronger than expected post-Covid recovery of the global … Continue ReadingDr Murat Ucer: Turkish Inflation and the Five Stages of Grief
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Asli Aydintasbas: Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 When Armenia suffered a devastating defeat in its short war with Azerbaijan in November 2020, … Continue ReadingAsli Aydintasbas: Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement
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 Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the agency responsible for producing official statistics on Turkey, has shared the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics 11 mn people in Turkey qualify for state financial aid up from 4.4 mn in 2020 Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 11.37 million people in Turkey, or over 13% of the country’s population, received state financial … Continue Reading11 mn people in Turkey qualify for state financial aid up from 4.4 mn in 2020
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opposition says new election draft law only benefits incumbent alliance Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 Leading Turkish opposition figures have condemned the ruling alliance’s draft election law, saying that the … Continue ReadingOpposition says new election draft law only benefits incumbent alliance
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 Economy HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank of Turkey to stay put in Thursday’s MPC, but rumors suggest rate hike Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Turkey’s central bank is expected to hold its policy rate at 14% this week, a … Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Turkey to stay put in Thursday’s MPC, but rumors suggest rate hike
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Treasury reports surplus in February, but how? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Turkey’s government reported a budget surplus for a second consecutive month in February after the … Continue ReadingTreasury reports surplus in February, but how?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Election law draft submitted to Parliament: Ruling alliance to lower electoral threshold Güldem AtabayPosted on14 March, 2022 The election law draft jointly prepared by the ruling People’s Alliance was submitted to the … Continue ReadingElection law draft submitted to Parliament: Ruling alliance to lower electoral threshold
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Tech Turkey’s unmanned fighter jet production kicks off Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2022 Turkey’s drone magnate Baykar on Saturday announced it has reached a new phase in its … Continue ReadingTurkey’s unmanned fighter jet production kicks off
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 Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS China, Turkey to build world’s largest rooftop solar power plant Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2022 Chinese tech giant Huawei and Turkish steel manufacturer Tosyali Holding co-launched a project on Friday … Continue ReadingChina, Turkey to build world’s largest rooftop solar power plant
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 Economy HIGHLIGHTS Current account deficit on the rise in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2022 January balance of payments data published by Central Bank of Turkey suggests that rising energy … Continue ReadingCurrent account deficit on the rise in Turkey
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
