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 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 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 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 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
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish tourism sector get ‘battle scars’ from Ukraine war Cem CetingucPosted on9 May, 20229 May, 2022 Last year, most foreign tourists in Turkey came from Russia, Germany and Ukraine. Two of … Continue ReadingTurkish tourism sector get ‘battle scars’ from Ukraine war
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Sinem Cengiz: Why Turkey is now looking outward? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 May, 2022 Steven David’s theory of “omnibalancing” could be the best approach to explain Turkey’s foreign policy … Continue ReadingSinem Cengiz: Why Turkey is now looking outward?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey ranked 149th in global press freedom survey Cem CetingucPosted on5 May, 2022 Media landscape With 90% of the national media now under government control, the public has … Continue ReadingTurkey ranked 149th in global press freedom survey
Categories Company & Industry General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish TV series become tools of cultural diplomacy Cem CetingucPosted on5 May, 2022 Turkish TV series have become tools of cultural diplomacy, increasing the power of Turkish foreign policy, a … Continue ReadingTurkish TV series become tools of cultural diplomacy
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Turkey’s hope for tourism revival losts with Russian war Cem CetingucPosted on5 May, 20225 May, 2022 Despite many Russian dissidents and young professionals arriving in Turkey following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s hope for tourism revival losts with Russian war
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics FT: Defeating Erdoğan: Turkey’s opposition searches for a champion Güldem AtabayPosted on5 May, 2022 If there were any doubts about Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s determination to be the man to take … Continue ReadingFT: Defeating Erdoğan: Turkey’s opposition searches for a champion
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Video Commentary: Turkey’s Number #1 Political Prisoner Osman Kavala Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 April, 2022 Turkey’s Number #1 Political Prisoner Osman Kavala This week, Mr. Osman Kavala … Continue ReadingVideo Commentary: Turkey’s Number #1 Political Prisoner Osman Kavala
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey aims neutrality in Russian war, tension rises due to Montreux Treaty Cem CetingucPosted on28 April, 2022 There’s a Turkish saying, “Did your ships sink in the Black Sea?” The expression is … Continue ReadingTurkey aims neutrality in Russian war, tension rises due to Montreux Treaty
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia for ameliorating ties Cem CetingucPosted on27 April, 2022 The two-day trip comes on the heels of an Istanbul court’s decision to halt the … Continue ReadingErdogan to visit Saudi Arabia for ameliorating ties
Categories Company & Industry Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Politics Russian conflict: Atos moves services to India and Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on27 April, 2022 Atos is moving services currently delivered from Russia to other countries, including India and Turkey, … Continue ReadingRussian conflict: Atos moves services to India and Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Reason behind Turkey’s ‘Operation Claw’ in Northern Iraq Cem CetingucPosted on27 April, 202227 April, 2022 Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence announced the launch of a new cross-border military operation called … Continue ReadingReason behind Turkey’s ‘Operation Claw’ in Northern Iraq
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics DEVA Party declares to run individually in 2023 elections Cem CetingucPosted on27 April, 2022 The newly founded Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) will run independently in the upcoming parliamentary elections, … Continue ReadingDEVA Party declares to run individually in 2023 elections
