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?
Categories Company & Industry Politics Google gets fined by Turkish government for breaking competition law Cem CetingucPosted on15 April, 202115 April, 2021 Turkish authorities on Wednesday fined Google 296 million Turkish liras ($36.6 million) for violating the … Continue ReadingGoogle gets fined by Turkish government for breaking competition law
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kavala, Demirtas and now Altan: ECHR rules Turkish writer Altan’s rights were violated Güldem AtabayPosted on13 April, 2021 Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the right to liberty and freedom … Continue ReadingKavala, Demirtas and now Altan: ECHR rules Turkish writer Altan’s rights were violated
Categories Politics Russia tells TR not to supply weapons to Ukraine Cem CetingucPosted on13 April, 2021 Russia warned several countries, including Turkey, to stop supplying weapons to Kyiv, as tensions have … Continue ReadingRussia tells TR not to supply weapons to Ukraine
Categories Company & Industry Politics Halkbank seeks the end of U.S. prosecution due to Iran sanctions violations Cem CetingucPosted on13 April, 2021 A lawyer for Halkbank told a U.S. appeals court on Monday that the state-owned Turkish … Continue ReadingHalkbank seeks the end of U.S. prosecution due to Iran sanctions violations
Categories Politics Turkish and US officials gather for Afghan peace process Cem CetingucPosted on13 April, 2021 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Afghan … Continue ReadingTurkish and US officials gather for Afghan peace process
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Canada cancels export permits for drone technology to Turkey over use in Nagorno-Karabakh Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau has announced a permit cancellation for weaponry to … Continue ReadingCanada cancels export permits for drone technology to Turkey over use in Nagorno-Karabakh
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 The new Covid-19 services set up at hospitals in the face of the third peak … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough
Categories Business General Politics Canal Istanbul: The greatest of all White Elephants Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 April, 2021 What is Canal Istanbul: President Erdogan’s pet crazy project is a channel which will … Continue ReadingCanal Istanbul: The greatest of all White Elephants
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics The cold waters of Black Sea heating up fast Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 April, 2021 AKP’s strategists claim in a multipolar world, a growing power like Turkey’s can’t bound to … Continue ReadingThe cold waters of Black Sea heating up fast
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Italy’s Draghi accuses ‘dictator’ Erdogan, draws Turkey’s condemnation Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday accused Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of humiliating European … Continue ReadingItaly’s Draghi accuses ‘dictator’ Erdogan, draws Turkey’s condemnation
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics EU-Turkey in blame game over ‘sofagate’ after von der Leyen left standing Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 Turkey and Europe are buying and selling blame over who left the European Fee chief … Continue ReadingEU-Turkey in blame game over ‘sofagate’ after von der Leyen left standing
Categories Economy General Politics Foreign Affairs: U.S.-Russian Relations Will Only Get Worse Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 It is hard to imagine that U.S.-Russian relations could get much worse, but sadly, they … Continue ReadingForeign Affairs: U.S.-Russian Relations Will Only Get Worse
Categories General Politics Turkish government ‘orchestrated troll armies during pandemic’ Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) orchestrated troll armies during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty … Continue ReadingTurkish government ‘orchestrated troll armies during pandemic’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan: Interest rates will be lowered to single digits; main opposition CHP behind the retired admirals declaration Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 Turkish President Erdoğan said a declaration by over 100 retired naval admirals at the weekend … Continue ReadingErdogan: Interest rates will be lowered to single digits; main opposition CHP behind the retired admirals declaration
