Categories General HIGHLIGHTS The Guardian: Turkey’s leaders accused of ‘playing political games’ over Covid response Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 May, 2021 On a boiling hot day in Istanbul last July, hundreds of thousands of people gathered … Continue ReadingThe Guardian: Turkey’s leaders accused of ‘playing political games’ over Covid response
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS US inflation takes toll on EM, Turkish Lira Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 May, 2021 The U.S. dollar rose off a 2-1/2-month low versus major peers on Wednesday, as some … Continue ReadingUS inflation takes toll on EM, Turkish Lira
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Metropoll CEO: Rising poverty undermines AKP votes Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 May, 202110 May, 2021 Ozer Sencar, the founder of MetroPOLL Research, has spoken to bianet about the company’s “Turkey’s … Continue ReadingMetropoll CEO: Rising poverty undermines AKP votes
Categories Emerging Markets Finance EM: Rate hike cycle gains pace Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 May, 2021 While Turkey’s Central Bank held its policy rate at 19%, Brazil’s succumbed to inflation pressures, … Continue ReadingEM: Rate hike cycle gains pace
Categories Emerging Markets Finance Capital flows to emerging markets climb in April on higher debt investments, IIF says Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 May, 2021 Emerging market securities attracted capital flows of $45.5 billion in April, a significant recovery from … Continue ReadingCapital flows to emerging markets climb in April on higher debt investments, IIF says
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS COVID-19 exodus from big cities begins in Turkey despite warnings Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 April, 2021 With only hours left to the start of a full lockdown for 17 days to … Continue ReadingCOVID-19 exodus from big cities begins in Turkey despite warnings
Categories General HYPED ‘May God help us’: Turkey’s lockdown compounds financial pain Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 April, 2021 As coronavirus cases and deaths soar, Turkey’s president has instructed people to stay home for … Continue Reading‘May God help us’: Turkey’s lockdown compounds financial pain
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey says it will respond in time to “outrageous” U.S. genocide statement Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 April, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden’s declaration that the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted … Continue ReadingTurkey says it will respond in time to “outrageous” U.S. genocide statement
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Markets Tech Turkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible $2B fraud Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 April, 2021 Turkey’s budding crypto-assets market is reaching puberty, with the first scam being unaired today. Turkish … Continue ReadingTurkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible $2B fraud
Categories Politics Turkey summons Swedish ambassador to protest Sweden’s ‘support for SDF’ Cem CetingucPosted on21 April, 2021 Reuters – Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden’s ambassador in Ankara to a meeting to protest … Continue ReadingTurkey summons Swedish ambassador to protest Sweden’s ‘support for SDF’
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s health crisis is no less than India, data shows Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 April, 2021 UPDATE: ON Tuesday, Turkey’s Health Ministry reported 61,028 cases with 2.895 patients and 346 … Continue ReadingTurkey’s health crisis is no less than India, data shows
Categories HYPED Politics Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Government failure aggravating problems Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 April, 2021 The country’s fundamental problems are being aggravated as the political mechanisms are falling short of … Continue ReadingKemal Kilicdaroglu: Government failure aggravating problems
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS EM: Fragile Five out, Sick Three in Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 April, 2021 From an investment perspective, Emerging Markets (EM) are turning out to be the big disappointment … Continue ReadingEM: Fragile Five out, Sick Three in
Categories Emerging Markets Markets EM: Hope dies hard Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 April, 2021 On Monday, India’s deepening coronavirus crisis slammed the nation’s stocks and currency on concern it … Continue ReadingEM: Hope dies hard
Categories Business General Musicians’ Desperation Highlights Turkey’s Economic Problems Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 April, 2021 Turkey’s Covid-19 epidemic is in its 13th month with no relief in sight, as in … Continue ReadingMusicians’ Desperation Highlights Turkey’s Economic Problems
Categories General More legal trouble for Turkey in US courts Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2021 It is a well known story that Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank is accused by U.S. … Continue ReadingMore legal trouble for Turkey in US courts
Categories Business Markets Turkey’s e-commerce volume jumped 66% in 2020 Cem CetingucPosted on8 April, 2021 The volume of e-commerce in Turkey jumped 66% year-on-year to 226.2 billion Turkish liras ($32 … Continue ReadingTurkey’s e-commerce volume jumped 66% in 2020
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Brookings TIGER Index: The world economy stumbles toward a two-track recovery Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 April, 2021 The world economy faces sharply divergent growth prospects across various regions, as prospects of a … Continue ReadingBrookings TIGER Index: The world economy stumbles toward a two-track recovery
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS EM: Lagging Developed Markets, receiving less inflows Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 April, 2021 Developed markets (DMs) outperformed emerging markets (EMs) in March amid the rise in US bond … Continue ReadingEM: Lagging Developed Markets, receiving less inflows
Categories General HYPED Politics OPINION: 104 admirals, 42K cases, 16.2% inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 April, 2021 Police on April 5 detained 10 retired admirals after 104 of them signed a letter … Continue ReadingOPINION: 104 admirals, 42K cases, 16.2% inflation
