Categories HYPED Politics Cabinet meeting: Longer lockdowns, “response” to Biden on the agenda Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 April, 2021 Turkey’s cabinet will discuss adopting a tighter lockdown on Monday as President Tayyip Erdogan tries … Continue ReadingCabinet meeting: Longer lockdowns, “response” to Biden on the agenda
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted Güldem AtabayPosted on26 April, 2021 Normally, trying to get the two sides on ethnically divided Cyprus to sit down for … Continue ReadingUN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted
Categories General Politics DeepDive Politics: Populism and Polarization in Turkey and Beyond (Prof. Emre Erdoğan) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 April, 2021 World Unfiltered Guest: Prof. Emre Erdoğan (İstanbul Bilgi University) Presenter: Prof. Scott … Continue ReadingDeepDive Politics: Populism and Polarization in Turkey and Beyond (Prof. Emre Erdoğan)
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE: Biden uses the genocide word Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 April, 202124 April, 2021 Armenian genocide claims: World Press reactions Bloomberg: Biden Marks Armenian ‘Genocide’ in Challenge to … Continue ReadingUPDATE: Biden uses the genocide word
Categories General Politics Reuters Column: When geopolitics matters to markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 April, 2021 Fractious geopolitics doesn’t always move world markets – but the summer of 2021 may give … Continue ReadingReuters Column: When geopolitics matters to markets
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE: Biden calls Erdogan for heads-up: He is to recognize massacre of Armenians as genocide Güldem AtabayPosted on23 April, 202123 April, 2021 CNN Politics: President Biden told Turkish President Erdoğan he’s planning to recognize Armenian genocide President … Continue ReadingUPDATE: Biden calls Erdogan for heads-up: He is to recognize massacre of Armenians as genocide
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
