Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish industrial production rises in December, but outlook not favorable Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 February, 2024 Turkey’s industrial production registered an annual increase of 1.6% in December, the country’s statistical authority … Continue ReadingTurkish industrial production rises in December, but outlook not favorable
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Back door negotiations dominate road to municipal elections Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 February, 2024 As the date of the municipal elections approaches, the pre-election campaign and the negotiations between … Continue ReadingBack door negotiations dominate road to municipal elections
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish economy closes the year with weak supply coupled with solid demand, forecasts BBVA Garanti Invest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 February, 2024 BBVA Garanti Invest publishes the only English language nowcast of the economy. Its February report … Continue ReadingTurkish economy closes the year with weak supply coupled with solid demand, forecasts BBVA Garanti Invest
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan needs Putin more than he needs NATO Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 February, 2024 While Ankara’s ratification of Swedish accession to NATO cuts off a new venue for trouble … Continue ReadingErdogan needs Putin more than he needs NATO
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Triple trouble in AKP rank and file Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 February, 2024 Gazete Pence (Window Gazette) correspondent Nuray Babacan wrote in her article titled “Three crises in … Continue ReadingTriple trouble in AKP rank and file
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS HSBC analysis: New CBRT governor, same policy guidance Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 February, 2024 The CBRT published its new inflation report yesterday and made no changes to its end-2024, … Continue ReadingHSBC analysis: New CBRT governor, same policy guidance
Categories Economy Finance HYPED BBVA Türkiye analysis: The CBRT sticks to its interim inflation targets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 February, 20249 February, 2024 In the first inflation report of the year, the Central Bank (CBRT) maintained its interim … Continue ReadingBBVA Türkiye analysis: The CBRT sticks to its interim inflation targets
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Güldem Atabay: January budget deficit explodes, election economy to trigger rate hikes Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 February, 2024 Erdogan is opening the budgetary floodgates wide to win end-March municipal elections. The January 2024 … Continue ReadingGüldem Atabay: January budget deficit explodes, election economy to trigger rate hikes
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS “Pluralism Confronts Radicalization in Türkiye: TEPAV Surveys on Religion and Radical Attitudes in a Muslim Majority Country” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 February, 2024 Ankara based independent think-tank TEPAV issues frequent reports in leading topics on the Turkish agenda, … Continue Reading“Pluralism Confronts Radicalization in Türkiye: TEPAV Surveys on Religion and Radical Attitudes in a Muslim Majority Country”
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Tech Legal English is a Career Investment for Lawyers Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2024 By Dr. ius. A. Serçin Kutucu Low-income employment and limited career prospects have left Turkish lawyers … Continue ReadingLegal English is a Career Investment for Lawyers
Categories Finance General YAĞIZ KUTAY: “THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF STRIKING THE FALLEN” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2024 The Governor of the Central Bank, Hafize Gaye Erkan, announced her resignation, seemingly confirming speculations. … Continue ReadingYAĞIZ KUTAY: “THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF STRIKING THE FALLEN”
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey rocked by third terror attack in a month Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2024 After the DEASH raid of a Catholic church in Istanbul, and a bizarre hostage taking … Continue ReadingTurkey rocked by third terror attack in a month
Categories General HYPED Ian Lesser: What Next for Türkiye and the United States? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2024 Ankara’s approval of Sweden’s NATO accession and Washington’s green light for Türkiye’s F-16 package have … Continue ReadingIan Lesser: What Next for Türkiye and the United States?
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Investment banks are becoming more hawkish on Turkish monetary policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2024 The change of Turkey’s central bank governor and stickier inflation opened room for more interest-rate … Continue ReadingInvestment banks are becoming more hawkish on Turkish monetary policy
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS CNBC: Turkey’s new central bank governor seen as a ‘credible choice’ Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2024 Previously the central bank’s deputy governor, Fatih Karahan’s resume features years spent in prominent American … Continue ReadingCNBC: Turkey’s new central bank governor seen as a ‘credible choice’
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan to complete normalization with Arabs in Cairo visit, sell drones Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 February, 2024 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will next week embark on his first visit to Egypt … Continue ReadingErdogan to complete normalization with Arabs in Cairo visit, sell drones
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS ANALYSIS: Wage shock boosts inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 February, 2024 Wage shock transmitted quickly and harshly to final prices In January, consumer inflation was 6.7% … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Wage shock boosts inflation
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS JP Morgan: CBRT likely more hawkish under new leadership Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 February, 2024 President Erdogan appointed hawkish Deputy Governor Fatih Karahan as CBRT Governor, replacing Hafize Gaye Erkan. … Continue ReadingJP Morgan: CBRT likely more hawkish under new leadership
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Parth Satam: US Lays ‘Stealth Trap’ To Seal Multi-Billion F35 Deal With Turkey, Abandon S400s Atilla YeşiladaPosted on3 February, 2024 The US is willing to readmit Turkey into the F-35 program if Ankara addresses Washington’s … Continue ReadingParth Satam: US Lays ‘Stealth Trap’ To Seal Multi-Billion F35 Deal With Turkey, Abandon S400s
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS A bizarre terror incident in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on3 February, 2024 Police have rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned by … Continue ReadingA bizarre terror incident in Turkey
