Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS President Erdoğan and Elon Musk chew over investment opportunities Cem CetingucPosted on17 December, 202117 December, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the founder of Tesla and space entrepreneur Elon Musk held … Continue ReadingPresident Erdoğan and Elon Musk chew over investment opportunities
Categories General Aykan Erdemir: Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 December, 2021 When powerful states and their proxies intensify religious persecution worldwide and democratic governments under a … Continue ReadingAykan Erdemir: Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Defense Minister Akar: Turks and Kurds are brothers Cem CetingucPosted on15 December, 2021 Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Dec. 14 emphasized that those who want to cause strife and unrest … Continue ReadingDefense Minister Akar: Turks and Kurds are brothers
Categories General 28 scammers arrested for mass export fraud in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on14 December, 2021 Police in Istanbul and six other provinces arrested 28 suspects on Monday in an operation … Continue Reading28 scammers arrested for mass export fraud in Turkey
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Lira plummets, brings doom to Northern Syria Cem CetingucPosted on14 December, 2021 Mohammed al-Debek, a schoolteacher in northern Syria, is on strike: the currency devaluation in neighbouring … Continue ReadingTurkish Lira plummets, brings doom to Northern Syria
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey is Collateral Damage in Erdoğan’s Hostage Diplomacy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 November, 2021 Mordy and Natalie Oknin, an Israeli couple visiting Istanbul, filmed a video last week to … Continue ReadingTurkey is Collateral Damage in Erdoğan’s Hostage Diplomacy
Categories General Politics Tim Ash: RTE campaign strategy revealed Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 November, 2021 News this morning that an opposition Deva activist has been arrested on allegations of political … Continue ReadingTim Ash: RTE campaign strategy revealed
Categories General HYPED AKP adding insult to injury by mocking poverty Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 November, 2021 The Economist interviewed Turkish citizens se suffering from deepening poverty, as well as quoting the … Continue ReadingAKP adding insult to injury by mocking poverty
Categories HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Third night of protests in Turkey with heavy police violence Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 November, 2021 Turkish police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of women protesting against … Continue ReadingThird night of protests in Turkey with heavy police violence
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish tourism income expected to reach $22 B in 2021 Cem CetingucPosted on25 November, 202125 November, 2021 Turkey wants to generate $22 billion from tourism in 2021 by welcoming more than 28 million foreigners, its … Continue ReadingTurkish tourism income expected to reach $22 B in 2021
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics UAE set aside $10 billion fund to invest in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on25 November, 202125 November, 2021 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has set aside a $10 billion fund to invest in … Continue ReadingUAE set aside $10 billion fund to invest in Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Duvar: Multiple detained in protests calling on Erdoğan gov’t to resign Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 November, 2021 Several citizens have been detained across Istanbul for holding demonstrations in protest of Erdoğan’s government … Continue ReadingDuvar: Multiple detained in protests calling on Erdoğan gov’t to resign
Categories General Politics Murat Yetkin: What next? Economic Jihad? Return to 90s or 70s? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 November, 2021 “There is no Economic War of Independence. They are trying to deceive people who are … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: What next? Economic Jihad? Return to 90s or 70s?
Categories General HYPED Turkish cities protest massive currency devaluation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 November, 2021 Protests were held in Istanbul and Ankara following the lira’s historic crash. Protesters demanded the … Continue ReadingTurkish cities protest massive currency devaluation
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS What is the world saying about Turkey’s currency blow-up? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 November, 2021 Fortune: Turkey’s currency plummeted after Erdogan defied critics and doubled down on his mania for … Continue ReadingWhat is the world saying about Turkey’s currency blow-up?
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Understanding Turkey’s Phenomenal Currency Collapse | Real Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 November, 2021 Understanding Turkey’s Phenomenal Currency Collapse Turkish Lira lost more than 40% of … Continue ReadingUnderstanding Turkey’s Phenomenal Currency Collapse | Real Turkey
Categories General ‘Netflix series ‘The Club’ cast light on Jewish heritage of Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on22 November, 2021 About midway through the Netflix period drama series The Club, the fictional character Matilda Aseo, … Continue Reading‘Netflix series ‘The Club’ cast light on Jewish heritage of Turkey
Categories General Turkish band converts garbage into sound waves Cem CetingucPosted on22 November, 202122 November, 2021 Fungistanbul, a trio that began experimenting with a sound they call “Trash Oriental” in 2019, … Continue ReadingTurkish band converts garbage into sound waves
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Reuters: Voters are last brake on Turkey’s lunatic Express Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 November, 2021 LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) – The global struggle against rising prices has nothing on … Continue ReadingReuters: Voters are last brake on Turkey’s lunatic Express
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS AP: ‘We don’t deserve this’: Inflation hits Turkish people hard Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 November, 2021 Market-stand owner Kadriye Dogru makes do with stale, sesame-covered bagels, known as simit, for lunch … Continue ReadingAP: ‘We don’t deserve this’: Inflation hits Turkish people hard
