Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey and China in the eastern Mediterranean: Partners or competitors? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 September, 2021 China is a latecomer to the eastern Mediterranean development boom but has used its Belt … Continue ReadingTurkey and China in the eastern Mediterranean: Partners or competitors?
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Emre Demir: Kanal Istanbul, Turkey’s Middle Corridor, and the Belt and Road Initiative Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 August, 2021 Despite mounting opposition from political and civil society groups due to potential environmental and political … Continue ReadingEmre Demir: Kanal Istanbul, Turkey’s Middle Corridor, and the Belt and Road Initiative
Categories General Reuters: Turkey’s banks shy away from Erdogan’s ‘crazy’ canal – sources Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 June, 20216 June, 2021 The craziest of President Erdogan’s “crazy projects”, Canal Istanbul ought to take start at the … Continue ReadingReuters: Turkey’s banks shy away from Erdogan’s ‘crazy’ canal – sources
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Analysis: The opposition puts its foot down on Canal Istanbul Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 May, 2021 The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Sunday vowed that his Republican … Continue ReadingAnalysis: The opposition puts its foot down on Canal Istanbul
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS OPINION: Erdogan abandons Turkey to the ravages of Covid-19 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 April, 2021 With 59,187 news cases and 273 deaths today, Turkey is on her way to catch … Continue ReadingOPINION: Erdogan abandons Turkey to the ravages of Covid-19
Categories Business General Will Canal Istanbul be ever constructed? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 April, 2021 Turkey’s Environmental Minister Murat Kurum recently confirmed that the country has approved development plans for … Continue ReadingWill Canal Istanbul be ever constructed?
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