Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics PKK leader Ocalan calls for peace, claims he is ready to arrange it Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 December, 202429 December, 2024
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s minimum wage controversy: Why so much hoopla? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 December, 2024
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan reverts to bad old days: Interest rates must fall to lower inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 December, 2024
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Monetary Aggregates Report Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 December, 2024
Syrian rebels allegedly informed Turkey of attack plan six months ago Syria’s opposition militias told Turkey about their attack plan six months ago after they sensed … Continue ReadingSyrian rebels allegedly informed Turkey of attack plan six months ago
Categories Company & Industry Economy EM Europe Food Retail Research Cem CetingucPosted on15 October, 2021 Russia – Consolidation, inflation and new growth channels: Inflation remains a key concern in Russia, … Continue ReadingEM Europe Food Retail Research
Categories Company & Industry Emerging Markets EM needs $1 trillion to transition to low-carb economy Cem CetingucPosted on15 October, 2021 Emerging market economies need $1 trillion a year of public and private finance in order … Continue ReadingEM needs $1 trillion to transition to low-carb economy
Categories General Politics The friendship between the Ottomans and Japan Cem CetingucPosted on15 October, 2021 apan and Turkey are both important world powers in their own right, yet their geopolitical … Continue ReadingThe friendship between the Ottomans and Japan
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opinion: Stuck between Russia and US, Turkey loses foreign policy flexibility Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 October, 2021 Ankara has pursued an opportunistic foreign policy since Trump was elected to presidency. Humored by … Continue ReadingOpinion: Stuck between Russia and US, Turkey loses foreign policy flexibility
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan Rids Turkey Interest-Rate Panel of Opponents to Cuts Güldem AtabayPosted on13 October, 202114 October, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired three members of the central bank’s interest-rate setting committee … Continue ReadingErdogan Rids Turkey Interest-Rate Panel of Opponents to Cuts
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Markets IMF less optimistic about EM Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 October, 2021 The global energy shock is rapidly mutating into inflation, adding to pressures created by supply … Continue ReadingIMF less optimistic about EM
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey to probe political assassination claims following opposition’s concerns Güldem AtabayPosted on13 October, 2021 The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Oct. 13 launched an investigation into the opposition’s … Continue ReadingTurkey to probe political assassination claims following opposition’s concerns
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Alleged leaked documents of foundation close to Erdoğan reveal corruption, ‘favoritism’ Güldem AtabayPosted on13 October, 2021 • A journalist shared documents allegedly leaked from TÜGVA, a foundation of which President Erdoğan’s … Continue ReadingAlleged leaked documents of foundation close to Erdoğan reveal corruption, ‘favoritism’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey says it will do ‘what is necessary’ after Syria attacks Güldem AtabayPosted on13 October, 2021 Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Oct. 13 Turkey would “do what is necessary for … Continue ReadingTurkey says it will do ‘what is necessary’ after Syria attacks
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Construction cost rising in double digits as house sales are sluggish Güldem AtabayPosted on13 October, 2021 Higher inflation and weaker TL are taking their toll on Turkey’s construction sector. In Turkey, … Continue ReadingConstruction cost rising in double digits as house sales are sluggish
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics MetroPoll: More than half of Turks say Erdoğan’s AKP will lose the next election Güldem AtabayPosted on13 October, 2021 According to a September survey by MetroPoll, a leading Turkish polling firm, 54% of respondents … Continue ReadingMetroPoll: More than half of Turks say Erdoğan’s AKP will lose the next election
Categories Business Company & Industry ARCELIK: New stories, defensive structure, attractive multiples Cem CetingucPosted on13 October, 2021 We initiate coverage for Arçelik (ARCLK TI) with a 12-month target price of TRY44.00 and … Continue ReadingARCELIK: New stories, defensive structure, attractive multiples
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Reuters: TR braced for cold winter Cem CetingucPosted on13 October, 2021 Turkey’s record demand for natural gas this year is forcing it to step up purchases … Continue ReadingReuters: TR braced for cold winter
Categories General Politics CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu: Turkey is strong, yet not well managed Cem CetingucPosted on13 October, 202113 October, 2021 Turkey is strong, but not well managed, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Oct. 12, … Continue ReadingCHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu: Turkey is strong, yet not well managed
Categories General Bülent Ersoy: Turkey’s first-ever transgender celebrity Cem CetingucPosted on13 October, 202113 October, 2021 It is a surprising fact that Bülent Ersoy, Turkey’s first-ever transgender celebrity, was at the … Continue ReadingBülent Ersoy: Turkey’s first-ever transgender celebrity
Categories General ISIS Number #2 captured in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 October, 2021 Iraq has captured Sami Jasim al-Jaburi, the alleged finance chief of the Islamic State (ISIS) … Continue ReadingISIS Number #2 captured in Turkey
Categories Company & Industry Economy Turkish retail sales volume increased by 15.0% Cem CetingucPosted on12 October, 2021 Retail sales volume with constant prices (2015=100) increased by 15.0% in August 2021 compared with … Continue ReadingTurkish retail sales volume increased by 15.0%
Categories Company & Industry Economy Total turnover increased by 48.1% on annual basis in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on12 October, 2021 Total turnover index (2015=100) including industry, construction, trade, and services sectors increased by 48.1% on … Continue ReadingTotal turnover increased by 48.1% on annual basis in Turkey
Categories Company & Industry Economy Turkish industrial production increased by 13.8% annually Cem CetingucPosted on12 October, 2021 When the subsectors of the industry (based on 2015=100) were examined, mining and quarrying index … Continue ReadingTurkish industrial production increased by 13.8% annually
Categories General Turkey fed up with attacks in Northern Syria Cem CetingucPosted on12 October, 2021 Two Turkish special operation police officers were killed and two others wounded in the Operation … Continue ReadingTurkey fed up with attacks in Northern Syria