Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey to evacuate 169 Turkish citizens from Lebanon Cem CetingucPosted on17 October, 202417 October, 2024
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS CBRT keeps rate on hold for seventh straight month Cem CetingucPosted on17 October, 2024
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Debate over the minimum wage is intensifying once again Güldem AtabayPosted on15 October, 202415 October, 2024
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS 3.5 Million Turkish youth struggle with alienation crisis Cem CetingucPosted on15 October, 202415 October, 2024
AKP internal report: Voters want better economy, justice The Turkish electorate’s priorities have changed since last year’s elections as the economy and justice … Continue ReadingAKP internal report: Voters want better economy, justice
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Main opposition leader: 2 million children deprived of education in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 September, 2021 Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu presided over the CHP’s Party Assembly … Continue ReadingMain opposition leader: 2 million children deprived of education in Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Prof Soli Özel interview with Dexter Filkins: 9/11 And The Afghan Debacle Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 September, 2021 Also, watch Turkey’s New Economic Program Explained | Real Turkey Why is … Continue ReadingProf Soli Özel interview with Dexter Filkins: 9/11 And The Afghan Debacle
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s dual Eurobond issue draws strong interest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 September, 2021 Turkey borrowed a total $2.25 billion in its latest dollar-denominated dual-tranche bond issuance, bringing the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s dual Eurobond issue draws strong interest
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Sustainable financing may be the transition Turkey needs Güldem AtabayPosted on14 September, 2021 The adverse effects of the pandemic coupled with the preceding currency and debt crisis have … Continue ReadingSustainable financing may be the transition Turkey needs
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Medical Suppliers Seek $770 Million From Government Güldem AtabayPosted on14 September, 2021 Turkish medical equipment suppliers are set to publicly rebuke the government over what they say … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Suppliers Seek $770 Million From Government
Categories General Politics What a new refugee crisis would mean for Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on14 September, 202114 September, 2021 The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has raised tensions between the EU and Turkey … Continue ReadingWhat a new refugee crisis would mean for Turkey
Categories Emerging Markets Finance Emerging markets: Turkish Lira remains unloved Cem CetingucPosted on14 September, 2021 A slide in Hong Kong-based technology and internet heavyweights following Beijing’s latest regulatory crackdown pushed … Continue ReadingEmerging markets: Turkish Lira remains unloved
Categories Economy Markets World Bank statistics reveal Iran’s GDP halved since 2017 Cem CetingucPosted on14 September, 202114 September, 2021 The latest World Bank’s updated statistics(link is external) indicates that Iran’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), based on … Continue ReadingWorld Bank statistics reveal Iran’s GDP halved since 2017
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Revision: Treasury raises USD2.25 bn going for a dual-tranche eurobond issue Güldem AtabayPosted on13 September, 202114 September, 2021 Turkish Treasury announced that as part of the 2021 external borrowing program, Ministry of Treasury … Continue ReadingRevision: Treasury raises USD2.25 bn going for a dual-tranche eurobond issue
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s current account deficit: How much lower at 2021 year-end? Güldem AtabayPosted on13 September, 2021 Turkey’s current account balance recorded USD 683 million deficit indicating a decrease of USD 1,306 … Continue ReadingTurkey’s current account deficit: How much lower at 2021 year-end?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish industrial sector losing steam Güldem AtabayPosted on13 September, 202113 September, 2021 Turkey’s industrial production fell for the first time since April 2020 on a month-on-month basis. … Continue ReadingTurkish industrial sector losing steam
Categories Economy General +61K Turkish shop owners went bankrupt in 2021 Cem CetingucPosted on13 September, 2021 Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Vice Chair and Malatya MP Veli Ağbaba has criticized … Continue Reading+61K Turkish shop owners went bankrupt in 2021
Categories General Aramex interested in the acquisition of MNG Kargo Cem CetingucPosted on13 September, 2021 Dubai-listed courier Aramex, partly owned by Abu Dhabi state investor ADQ, is in advanced talks … Continue ReadingAramex interested in the acquisition of MNG Kargo
Categories General Markets Contractors suspend constructions to protest skyrocketing cement prices Cem CetingucPosted on13 September, 202113 September, 2021 Representatives of the Building Contractors Confederation (İmkon) had announced on Sept. 2 that they would … Continue ReadingContractors suspend constructions to protest skyrocketing cement prices
Categories Company & Industry Finance Turkish automobiles: Seeing the half glass full Cem CetingucPosted on13 September, 2021 Better to have a supply problem than a demand problem: As is the case for … Continue ReadingTurkish automobiles: Seeing the half glass full
Categories Business Company & Industry Finance Turkish consumer: Coping with ever increasing inflation Cem CetingucPosted on13 September, 2021 Headline inflation topped 19% YoY in August, while PPI still hovers around 45%. Turkish consumer … Continue ReadingTurkish consumer: Coping with ever increasing inflation
Categories General HYPED Thousands protest new Turkish vaccine and test rules Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 September, 2021 Turkey had a super-spreader event of her own, as legendary Islamist author Abdurrahman Dilipak led … Continue ReadingThousands protest new Turkish vaccine and test rules
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics AzerNews: Turkey benefits from trade wars among China, U.S, EU Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 September, 2021 Turkey’s export has benefited from the trade wars among China, the U.S. and the EU, … Continue ReadingAzerNews: Turkey benefits from trade wars among China, U.S, EU
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey and China in the eastern Mediterranean: Partners or competitors? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 September, 2021 China is a latecomer to the eastern Mediterranean development boom but has used its Belt … Continue ReadingTurkey and China in the eastern Mediterranean: Partners or competitors?
Categories HYPED Politics Turkey takes aim at Greece again, angered by Cyprus stalemate Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 September, 2021 Turkey’s defense minister reiterated on Thursday that his country will never accept any Greek move … Continue ReadingTurkey takes aim at Greece again, angered by Cyprus stalemate