Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics OPINION: Who came up with this brilliant idea? Redrawing Western Balkans’ borders Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 April, 2021 Once a shining beacon of soft power, peace and prosperity, EU’s diplomatic skills have receded … Continue ReadingOPINION: Who came up with this brilliant idea? Redrawing Western Balkans’ borders
Categories Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey: Russia plays hardball over tourism amid Ukraine dispute Güldem AtabayPosted on22 April, 202122 April, 2021 Turkish tour operators, hotel owners and businesses based in Antalya in Turkey’s Riviera, which employs the bulk … Continue ReadingTurkey: Russia plays hardball over tourism amid Ukraine dispute
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Biden Preparing to Declare That Atrocities Against Armenia Were Genocide Güldem AtabayPosted on22 April, 2021 More than a century after the Ottoman Empire’s killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenian civilians, … Continue ReadingBiden Preparing to Declare That Atrocities Against Armenia Were Genocide
Categories General Politics TTB: No vaccines, no appointments, but perception management in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on22 April, 202122 April, 2021 The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council released a written statement yesterday (April 20) and said that … Continue ReadingTTB: No vaccines, no appointments, but perception management in Turkey
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics Güldem Atabay: The Death of a Central Bank Güldem AtabayPosted on22 April, 2021 The Turkish central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the benchmark interest rate steady at … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: The Death of a Central Bank
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics WSJ: Biden Poised to Recognize Massacres of Armenians as Genocide, Officials Say Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 April, 2021 President Biden is poised to formally declare that the massacres of Armenians in the early … Continue ReadingWSJ: Biden Poised to Recognize Massacres of Armenians as Genocide, Officials Say
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan on USD 128 billion undisclosed reserve sales; no new information lots of polemic Güldem AtabayPosted on21 April, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities used $165 billion of central bank foreign-currency reserves … Continue ReadingErdogan on USD 128 billion undisclosed reserve sales; no new information lots of polemic
Categories Politics Turkey summons Swedish ambassador to protest Sweden’s ‘support for SDF’ Cem CetingucPosted on21 April, 2021 Reuters – Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s ambassador in Ankara to a meeting to protest … Continue ReadingTurkey summons Swedish ambassador to protest Sweden’s ‘support for SDF’
Categories Politics AP: In race to rearm, Greece seeks partnerships, more hardware Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2021 Greece has vowed to expand military cooperation with traditional NATO allies as well as Middle … Continue ReadingAP: In race to rearm, Greece seeks partnerships, more hardware
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics LAST MINUTE: Erdogan makes minor changes to Cabinet Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2021 COVER photo: New ministers Turkey’s President Erdogan finally went about the long-rumored Cabinet … Continue ReadingLAST MINUTE: Erdogan makes minor changes to Cabinet
Categories Politics Greece: Resolving differences with Turkey may be challenging, but not impossible Cem CetingucPosted on20 April, 2021 Reuters – Greece cannot ignore its differences with Turkey over territorial disputes in the Mediterranean … Continue ReadingGreece: Resolving differences with Turkey may be challenging, but not impossible
Categories Politics Rotten to the bone: AKP regime Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 April, 2021 Erdogan’s AK Party is involved in so many corruption and embezzlement scandals, it is … Continue ReadingRotten to the bone: AKP regime
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey Finance Minister Says FX sales were legal and calls on Cenbank to publish FX sale data Güldem AtabayPosted on19 April, 2021 It would be “beneficial” for the central bank to publish the data on the use … Continue ReadingTurkey Finance Minister Says FX sales were legal and calls on Cenbank to publish FX sale data
Categories HYPED Politics Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Government failure aggravating problems Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 April, 2021 The country’s fundamental problems are being aggravated as the political mechanisms are falling short of … Continue ReadingKemal Kilicdaroglu: Government failure aggravating problems
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s albatross around the neck: Halkbank Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 April, 2021 If you are following Turkey, soon you will hear the name of state-lender Halkbank … Continue ReadingTurkey’s albatross around the neck: Halkbank
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: Ineffective Turkish opposition: reality or urban legend? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 April, 2021 Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu appeared last week on Global TV, with host … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Ineffective Turkish opposition: reality or urban legend?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Can Selcuki: State of Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 April, 202117 April, 2021 Back in November 2020 I had speculated that 2021 would be the longest year for … Continue ReadingCan Selcuki: State of Turkey
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan Is Turning Turkey Into a Chinese Client State Güldem AtabayPosted on16 April, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used to send shockwaves to Beijing with his outspoken support … Continue ReadingErdogan Is Turning Turkey Into a Chinese Client State
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Finance General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics The real story behind Turkey’s 128 bn dollar fx reserve loss I Kerim Rota Güldem AtabayPosted on15 April, 2021 Is it possible to return to the Roulette table? How did the “reserve leakage” arise? … Continue ReadingThe real story behind Turkey’s 128 bn dollar fx reserve loss I Kerim Rota
Categories Economy General Politics Opposition asked Erdogan: Where is the 128 Billion dollars? Cem CetingucPosted on15 April, 202115 April, 2021 “Where is the $128 billion?” asked posters on billboards around Istanbul intended by Turkey’s main … Continue ReadingOpposition asked Erdogan: Where is the 128 Billion dollars?
