Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Simsek calls upon EU to launch new Custom Union talks Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 July, 2023 Turkey’s Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek stated that he believes that the Customs … Continue ReadingSimsek calls upon EU to launch new Custom Union talks
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank rolls out new measures likely to trigger credit crunch Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 July, 2023 Central Bank of Turkey on Tuesday unveiled a set of new measures to support monetary … Continue ReadingCentral Bank rolls out new measures likely to trigger credit crunch
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan’s U-turn in economic policy promises hope for Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 July, 2023 Columnist Atilla Yesilada explains why Erdogan gave up on his crazy economic ideas, entrusting the … Continue ReadingErdogan’s U-turn in economic policy promises hope for Turkey
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Journalist claims Erdogan already frustrated by Mehmet Simsek Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 July, 2023 It is alleged that President Erdoğan listened quietly in his meetings with the economy team, … Continue ReadingJournalist claims Erdogan already frustrated by Mehmet Simsek
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Mehmet Simsek promises quick economic stability as the lira sinks deeper Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 June, 202324 June, 2023 Turkish Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Simsek confirmed that the government is determined to … Continue ReadingMehmet Simsek promises quick economic stability as the lira sinks deeper
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Columnist: High ranking AKP bureaucrat lobbying to have Simsek sacked Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 June, 2023 Mehmet Ali Verçin, a columnist for the KARAR newspaper (conservative, anti-AKP), brought up the allegation … Continue ReadingColumnist: High ranking AKP bureaucrat lobbying to have Simsek sacked
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS Video analysis: Can Mehmet Şimşek Rescue Turkish Economy? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 June, 2023 Video analysis: Can Mehmet Şimşek Rescue Turkish Economy? Can Mehmet Simsek rescue Turkish … Continue ReadingVideo analysis: Can Mehmet Şimşek Rescue Turkish Economy?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Mehmet Simsek startled by the budget disaster—Journalist Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 June, 2023 Mehmet Şimşek, who has served in senior positions such as the Minister of Finance and … Continue ReadingMehmet Simsek startled by the budget disaster—Journalist
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Economy czar Mehmet Simsek hears a mouthful from industrialists Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 June, 202316 June, 2023 Members of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSIAD) met with Treasury and Finance Minister … Continue ReadingEconomy czar Mehmet Simsek hears a mouthful from industrialists
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS VP Cevdet Yilmaz: Administration to stay the course on orthodox policies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 June, 2023 Turkey will take steps to lower inflation and will follow free market rules as it … Continue ReadingVP Cevdet Yilmaz: Administration to stay the course on orthodox policies
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS A new, rational Erdogan? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 June, 2023 Turkey has the world’s 19th-largest economy and a leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been … Continue ReadingA new, rational Erdogan?
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan gives qualified endorsement to Simsek’s policies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 June, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday appeared to make a crucial shift regarding the … Continue ReadingErdogan gives qualified endorsement to Simsek’s policies
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics First statement from Mehmet Simsek: Turkey needs rational economic policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 June, 2023 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on June 3, named the former economy minister, Şimşek, as the … Continue ReadingFirst statement from Mehmet Simsek: Turkey needs rational economic policy
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan brings back Mehmet Simsek, replaces all but 2 ministers in the Cabinet Atilla YeşiladaPosted on3 June, 2023 President Tayyip Erdogan signalled on Saturday his newly-elected government would return to more orthodox economic … Continue ReadingErdogan brings back Mehmet Simsek, replaces all but 2 ministers in the Cabinet
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Tim Ash: Turkey’s New Dawn. Possibly. Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 June, 2023 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had confounded opinion pollsters and inflicted a terminal blow to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Turkey’s New Dawn. Possibly.
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Mehmet Simsek to the rescue? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 May, 2023 The top policymaker picks of Turkey’s re-elected president Tayyip Erdogan are taking centre stage … Continue ReadingMehmet Simsek to the rescue?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Former Turkish Economy Czar Simsek ‘Uninterested in Politics’ Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 2023 Turkey’s former deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, Mehmet Simsek, said on Monday … Continue ReadingFormer Turkish Economy Czar Simsek ‘Uninterested in Politics’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS AKP preparing to return to orthodox policies, former economy czar Mehmet Simsek invited Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2023 The draft election manifesto of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party marks a return to … Continue ReadingAKP preparing to return to orthodox policies, former economy czar Mehmet Simsek invited
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Reuters: Turkish opposition alliance plans to put Babacan in charge of economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 March, 2023 Turkey’s main opposition alliance plans to make former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan a vice … Continue ReadingReuters: Turkish opposition alliance plans to put Babacan in charge of economy
