Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS ING: Turkey’s GDP growth remains robust in 1Q21 Güldem AtabayPosted on31 May, 2021 Robust GDP growth at 7.0% year-on-year is attributable to private consumption, gross fixed capital formation, … Continue ReadingING: Turkey’s GDP growth remains robust in 1Q21
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Economy Likely Outperformed Most Peers But at a Cost Güldem AtabayPosted on31 May, 2021 Turkey’s economy has continued to grow at a strong pace so far this year, but … Continue ReadingTurkish Economy Likely Outperformed Most Peers But at a Cost
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish GDP to return to form with 6.7% growth in Q1, 5.5% in 2021—Reuters poll Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 May, 2021 Turkey’s economy should expand by 5.5% this year after 6.7% estimated growth in the first … Continue ReadingTurkish GDP to return to form with 6.7% growth in Q1, 5.5% in 2021—Reuters poll
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Prof Daron Acemoglu: Turkish economy is in crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 May, 2021 Turkey’s economy is in the middle of a crisis and the situation could worsen because … Continue ReadingProf Daron Acemoglu: Turkish economy is in crisis
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s Economic Confidence Index weakens further in April Güldem AtabayPosted on29 May, 2021 Turkey’s Economic Confidence Index which was 93.9 in April decreased by 1.3% in May to … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Economic Confidence Index weakens further in April
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s April trade deficit down by 33 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on28 May, 2021 Turkey’s trade deficit dropped by an annual 33 percent in April as exports more than … Continue ReadingTurkey’s April trade deficit down by 33 percent
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish lira hits record low on lax monetary policy, foreign currency debt Güldem AtabayPosted on28 May, 2021 Turkey’s lira hit an all-time low against the dollar and euro on Friday on concerns … Continue ReadingTurkish lira hits record low on lax monetary policy, foreign currency debt
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Central Bank Replaces Key Executives in Latest Clearout Güldem AtabayPosted on28 May, 2021 Turkey’s central bank has replaced executives at some of its key departments, the latest step … Continue ReadingTurkey Central Bank Replaces Key Executives in Latest Clearout
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: Can Erdogan get out of the Mafia mess? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 May, 2021 Fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker has released his seventh video full of accusations about Interior … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Can Erdogan get out of the Mafia mess?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Mafia Claims Expose Erdogan’s Political Vulnerability Güldem AtabayPosted on27 May, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing an uncomfortable truth: his governing party — Turkey’s largest … Continue ReadingMafia Claims Expose Erdogan’s Political Vulnerability
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s poverty threshold more than triple the minimum wage Güldem AtabayPosted on27 May, 2021 The Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TURK-IS) announced that the May 2021 “hunger threshold for … Continue ReadingTurkey’s poverty threshold more than triple the minimum wage
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Amberin Zaman: Erdogan swats aside mobster, stands behind interior minister Güldem AtabayPosted on27 May, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally broke his silence Wednesday on the barrage of explosive … Continue ReadingAmberin Zaman: Erdogan swats aside mobster, stands behind interior minister
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s Convoluted Foreign Relations | Real Turkey Video Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 May, 2021 Turkey and her troubled foreign policy, Part I: Palestine and Israel Another … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Convoluted Foreign Relations | Real Turkey Video
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan’s Poll Rating Hits All-Time Low as Economic Woes Grow Güldem AtabayPosted on25 May, 2021 Public support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party hit an all-time low last month … Continue ReadingErdogan’s Poll Rating Hits All-Time Low as Economic Woes Grow
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Washington Post: A mobster’s online confessions are shaking Erdogan’s government. Turkey is riveted. Güldem AtabayPosted on25 May, 2021 The videos are set in a tidy hotel room, with props such as prayer beads … Continue ReadingWashington Post: A mobster’s online confessions are shaking Erdogan’s government. Turkey is riveted.
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan Reshuffles Central Bank Again With New Deputy Güldem AtabayPosted on25 May, 2021 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed a new deputy governor at the country’s central bank, … Continue ReadingErdogan Reshuffles Central Bank Again With New Deputy
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Anonymous government official quoted by BBC Turkish confirms some of Sedat Peker’s claims Güldem AtabayPosted on25 May, 2021 Mafia boss Sedat Peker’s YouTube videos have caused a big crisis in the ruling Justice … Continue ReadingAnonymous government official quoted by BBC Turkish confirms some of Sedat Peker’s claims
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS CNBC: Rising debt in emerging markets could push back Covid recovery and widen gap with developed world Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 May, 2021 Swelling debt levels may cause emerging markets to fall further behind developed markets in the … Continue ReadingCNBC: Rising debt in emerging markets could push back Covid recovery and widen gap with developed world
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS The Guardian: Turkey’s leaders accused of ‘playing political games’ over Covid response Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 May, 2021 On a boiling hot day in Istanbul last July, hundreds of thousands of people gathered … Continue ReadingThe Guardian: Turkey’s leaders accused of ‘playing political games’ over Covid response
Categories Business Economy General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Turkish mafia boss claims former PM’s son, ex-minister part of int’l drug trafficking scheme Güldem AtabayPosted on23 May, 2021 Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker has accused former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s son Erkan Yıldırım … Continue ReadingTurkish mafia boss claims former PM’s son, ex-minister part of int’l drug trafficking scheme
