Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkish worker strikes hit highest level since 1970s as living costs spiral Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 March, 2022 Strikes in Turkey have reached a level not seen since the 1970s as workers seek … Continue ReadingTurkish worker strikes hit highest level since 1970s as living costs spiral
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tech Video Commentary: Turkey’s Energy Shortage Reaches Critical Point Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 February, 202217 February, 2022 Turkey’s Energy Shortage Reaches Critical Point Most Developing Nations, even some Developed ones are experiencing … Continue ReadingVideo Commentary: Turkey’s Energy Shortage Reaches Critical Point
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s NG monopoly sucking up Central Bank reserves Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 February, 2022 Turkey’s hard-strained industrial natural gas users breathed a sigh of relief today, as state-run NG … Continue ReadingTurkey’s NG monopoly sucking up Central Bank reserves
Categories Business General Victoria Craig/BBC: Can tourism ease the inflation pressure in Turkey? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 February, 2022 A mix of soaring inflation and a currency that’s lost nearly half its value has … Continue ReadingVictoria Craig/BBC: Can tourism ease the inflation pressure in Turkey?
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS CYRIL WIDDERSHOVEN: Turkey Sees Energy Crisis Worsen Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 January, 2022 Turkey’s goal to become an energy hub seems to be further away than ever before, … Continue ReadingCYRIL WIDDERSHOVEN: Turkey Sees Energy Crisis Worsen Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions
Categories Business Another human-made disaster in Turkey: Energy cuts to industry Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 January, 2022 The Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ) has warned the organized industrial zones across Turkey that … Continue ReadingAnother human-made disaster in Turkey: Energy cuts to industry
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS BREAKING: Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply Outlook—CNBC.com Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 January, 2022 Oil prices rose for a fourth day to a seven-year high as an outage on … Continue ReadingBREAKING: Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply Outlook—CNBC.com
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tech CNBC: Another Turkish unicorn galloping… Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 January, 2022 Investors are betting the next big success story in gaming will come out of Turkey, … Continue ReadingCNBC: Another Turkish unicorn galloping…
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan’s Heterodox Economic Measures attract little interest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 January, 2022 Turkey’s scheme to protect lira deposits from depreciation has attracted more than 90 billion lira … Continue ReadingErdogan’s Heterodox Economic Measures attract little interest
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s Coming Debt Trap | Real Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 December, 2021 Marry X-Mas and Season’s Greetings to all inhabitants of Planet Earth. Debt has become … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Coming Debt Trap | Real Turkey
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS TURKEY: How ever-changing economic plans con small investors? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 December, 2021 After months of steady depreciation, a massive fluctuation in the Turkish lira within a week … Continue ReadingTURKEY: How ever-changing economic plans con small investors?
Categories General Sisecam acquires 60% of Ciner Group soda business for $450M Cem CetingucPosted on22 November, 2021 Turkish glassmaker Sisecam said on Saturday it would buy 60% of Ciner Group’s soda business … Continue ReadingSisecam acquires 60% of Ciner Group soda business for $450M
Categories Business WEF: How reskilling can play a key role in Turkey’s recovery Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 November, 2021 As Turkey prepares to accelerate the transformation of its economy during the COVID-19 recovery, leveraging … Continue ReadingWEF: How reskilling can play a key role in Turkey’s recovery
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Energy shock promises a cold winter Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 October, 2021 As the world wrestles with soaring energy prices just ahead of winter, Turkey is revving … Continue ReadingEnergy shock promises a cold winter
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Bloomberg HT Consumer Confidence Index declines in September 2021 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 October, 2021 Turkey’s premier private consumer confidence index registered a small decline MoM in September, in contrast … Continue ReadingBloomberg HT Consumer Confidence Index declines in September 2021
Categories Business HYPED Garanti BBVA: New BRSA restrictions put the brakes on consumer loans Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 September, 2021 Garanti BBVA General Manager Mr Recep Baştuğ stated to Turkish financial broadcaster BloombergHT there was … Continue ReadingGaranti BBVA: New BRSA restrictions put the brakes on consumer loans
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkish government plans to limit consumer loans Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 August, 2021 Turkey’s consumer and commercial loan use has slowed down considerably in 2H2021, but the government … Continue ReadingTurkish government plans to limit consumer loans
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Emre Demir: Kanal Istanbul, Turkey’s Middle Corridor, and the Belt and Road Initiative Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 August, 2021 Despite mounting opposition from political and civil society groups due to potential environmental and political … Continue ReadingEmre Demir: Kanal Istanbul, Turkey’s Middle Corridor, and the Belt and Road Initiative
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Consumer Confidence: One goes down, the other heads up Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 202119 July, 2021 The outlook for consumer spending remains debatable in Turkey. The official consumer confidence index, published … Continue ReadingConsumer Confidence: One goes down, the other heads up
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tech G20 backs carbon pricing, ‘raising stakes’ among emerging economies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 July, 2021 G20 finance ministers have for the first-time endorsed carbon pricing as a tool to transition … Continue ReadingG20 backs carbon pricing, ‘raising stakes’ among emerging economies
