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
Categories Business Politics Turkey to complain to WTO over informal Saudi boycott Cem CetingucPosted on31 March, 202131 March, 2021 Turkey is to take the semiofficial boycott by Saudi Arabia on made-in-Turkey goods to the … Continue ReadingTurkey to complain to WTO over informal Saudi boycott
Categories General Emil Avdaliani: Turkey’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 March, 2021 It is often claimed that Turkey made a definitive break with the West in 2003 … Continue ReadingEmil Avdaliani: Turkey’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey’s plunging lira: don’t expect an end to this saga soon Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 March, 2021 Dollar/TL is closing trading hours in Turkey on Thursday at around 7.95, as MSCI Emerging … Continue ReadingTurkey’s plunging lira: don’t expect an end to this saga soon
Categories General Politico: India’s purchase of Russian missile system could trigger sanctions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2021 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hinted during a visit to New Delhi on Saturday that India’s … Continue ReadingPolitico: India’s purchase of Russian missile system could trigger sanctions
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey leaves Istanbul Convention aimed at protecting women from violence Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2021 Turkey has left the Istanbul Convention designed to protect women against violence and combatting against … Continue ReadingTurkey leaves Istanbul Convention aimed at protecting women from violence
Categories Finance EM inflows accelerate in June, Turkey still outlier Atilla YeşiladaPosted on3 July, 20204 July, 2020 The latest data published by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) showed Wednesday, portfolio inflows … Continue ReadingEM inflows accelerate in June, Turkey still outlier
