Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Robert Ellis: The Trump administration may not be the walkover Erdogan expects Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 November, 2024
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Flow of funds Report: CBRT reserves decline, foreign funds buy TL assets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 November, 2024
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Morgan Stanley: Turkey rate cuts knocking on the door Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 November, 2024
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Australia and Turkey vie to host pivotal 2026 climate talks Cem CetingucPosted on22 November, 2024
Gold smuggling scandal tied to Turkish MP resignations poised to widen While three MPs from the ruling coalition partner MHP have recently resigned amidst allegations tied … Continue ReadingGold smuggling scandal tied to Turkish MP resignations poised to widen
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Economic Confidence Index rose to 98.9 in March Güldem AtabayPosted on31 March, 2021 Turkey’s Economic Confidence Index rose by 3.3% in March from 95.8 in February to 98.9 … Continue ReadingTurkey Economic Confidence Index rose to 98.9 in March
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 AK Party shaken by “powdered sugar” scandal Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2021 If you are worried AK Party is “Islamizing” Turkey, don’t. It is the amenities of … Continue ReadingAK Party shaken by “powdered sugar” scandal
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey: Lira shock leads to lower GDP forecast Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2021 The lira pared its seventh day of declines as Turkey’s new central bank governor Sahap … Continue ReadingTurkey: Lira shock leads to lower GDP forecast
Categories Economy General Reuters: ‘We will not be able to pay our bills’: Turks set to lose a COVID-19 income support Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2021 Amidst the confusion and loss of economic confidence caused by the swift slide of the … Continue ReadingReuters: ‘We will not be able to pay our bills’: Turks set to lose a COVID-19 income support
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank’s new Governor Kavcioglu promises positive real yield Güldem AtabayPosted on30 March, 2021 Turkey’s new Central Bank Governor Sahap Kavcioglu said current elevated levels of inflation require tight … Continue ReadingCentral Bank’s new Governor Kavcioglu promises positive real yield
Categories Company & Industry THY: Strong positioning, geared to leisure travel recovery; reiterate Buy Cem CetingucPosted on30 March, 2021 We revise our estimates for Turkish Airlines (THY). Reflecting more upbeat expectations from management post … Continue ReadingTHY: Strong positioning, geared to leisure travel recovery; reiterate Buy
Categories Business Company & Industry Company Outlook | Mavi: Emerging stronger Cem CetingucPosted on30 March, 202130 March, 2021 Managing inventories, preserving margins: Despite a c26% drop in retail revenues in FY21 and an … Continue ReadingCompany Outlook | Mavi: Emerging stronger
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Another midnight presidential decree, another round of TL weakness Güldem AtabayPosted on30 March, 2021 Turkey’s President Erdoğan sacked the Central Bank Deputy Governor Murat Cetinkaya in a midnight presidential decree … Continue ReadingAnother midnight presidential decree, another round of TL weakness
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE (New case figures added): President Erdogan introduces new but mild curfew measures Güldem AtabayPosted on29 March, 202131 March, 2021 Turkey has recorded 37,303 new coronavirus cases in the space of 24 hours, the highest … Continue ReadingUPDATE (New case figures added): President Erdogan introduces new but mild curfew measures
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish lira keeps sliding as new Governor’s comments do not anchor Güldem AtabayPosted on29 March, 202129 March, 2021 Turkey’s lira lost more than 1% of its value on Monday, continuing its sharp decline … Continue ReadingTurkish lira keeps sliding as new Governor’s comments do not anchor
Categories Economy Politics Erdogan starts a political earthquake in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2021 Vijay Prashad, Ahmet Tonak Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of … Continue ReadingErdogan starts a political earthquake in Turkey
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay Politics Erdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 202129 March, 2021 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shook international markets by firing the well-regarded governor of the … Continue ReadingErdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections
Categories Economy Politics Turkey’s economic mess is a policy failure rather than a divine test Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2021 David Lepeska President Recep Tayyip Erdogan subtly acknowledged the depth of Turkey’s financial woes in … Continue ReadingTurkey’s economic mess is a policy failure rather than a divine test
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Fitch: Turkey’s abrupt central bank switch entrenches Erdogan’s unorthodoxy Güldem AtabayPosted on29 March, 2021 President Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to oust Turkey’s central bank chief entrenches his unorthodox view that … Continue ReadingFitch: Turkey’s abrupt central bank switch entrenches Erdogan’s unorthodoxy
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS New Central Bank Chief’s politically correct comments: April Rate Cut Not a Given Güldem AtabayPosted on29 March, 202129 March, 2021 Markets shouldn’t take for granted that the Monetary Policy Committee will cut interest rates as … Continue ReadingNew Central Bank Chief’s politically correct comments: April Rate Cut Not a Given
Categories Emerging Markets A brewing emerging market debt crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 March, 2021 Rudi Dornbusch, the late MIT economist, famously said that when it came to emerging market … Continue ReadingA brewing emerging market debt crisis
Categories General Turkey raises Uighur issues with China amid protests–politely Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 March, 2021 Turkey said it raised the issue of Uighur Muslims during talks with China’s foreign minister … Continue ReadingTurkey raises Uighur issues with China amid protests–politely
Categories Economy General Africa abandoned to Covid-19 until 2023-2024 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 March, 2021 Most of the Frontier Markets so beloved by risk-loving global funds are located in Africa, … Continue ReadingAfrica abandoned to Covid-19 until 2023-2024
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish medics call for tougher measures as COVID-19 surges Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 March, 2021 On Sunday, Turkey’s Ministry of Health reported 29,058 new Covid-19 cases, with deaths exceeding 150 … Continue ReadingTurkish medics call for tougher measures as COVID-19 surges
