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
Categories Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Google restrictions endanger independent media in Turkey 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 General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan sacks Central Bank head Naci Agbal Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2021 Stability and reform are mirages when it comes to Turkey. The day after the financial … Continue ReadingErdogan sacks Central Bank head Naci Agbal
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS State-run Halkbank to restructure debts of tradesmen Güldem AtabayPosted on19 March, 2021 Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan announced from her twitter account that state-run lender Halkbank will restructure the … Continue ReadingState-run Halkbank to restructure debts of tradesmen
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Fitch sees Fed tapering in early 2022, warns on fragile emerging markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 March, 2021 (Reuters) – Ratings agency Fitch expects the Federal Reserve to dial back its COVID-19-related economic … Continue ReadingFitch sees Fed tapering in early 2022, warns on fragile emerging markets
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians Güldem AtabayPosted on18 March, 2021 The indictment prepared for the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the Turkish … Continue ReadingTurkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey’s central bank: Brave 200 basis points rate hike to 19 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on18 March, 2021 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to increase the policy rate (one-week repo auction … Continue ReadingTurkey’s central bank: Brave 200 basis points rate hike to 19 percent
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey to Forgo New Samurai Bond Sale for Now as Note Matures/Rating score a problem Güldem AtabayPosted on18 March, 2021 Turkey is not planning to offer any fresh yen-denominated bonds for the moment, according to … Continue ReadingTurkey to Forgo New Samurai Bond Sale for Now as Note Matures/Rating score a problem
Categories Emerging Markets S&P: Asia’s emerging economies are poised to withstand rising U.S. yields — but risks remain Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 2021 Rising U.S. bond yields will not hurt Asia’s emerging markets as badly as they did … Continue ReadingS&P: Asia’s emerging economies are poised to withstand rising U.S. yields — but risks remain
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: HDP closure case in Turkey: is this a democracy reform? Güldem AtabayPosted on17 March, 2021 Hours after the removal of one of its MPs, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from the parliament … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: HDP closure case in Turkey: is this a democracy reform?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Top appeals court launches lawsuit for Pro-Kurdish HDP’s closure Güldem AtabayPosted on17 March, 2021 The chief public prosecutor’s office of the Court of Cassation launched a lawsuit with the Constitutional … Continue ReadingTop appeals court launches lawsuit for Pro-Kurdish HDP’s closure
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s justice system down one more grade: AKP-MHP strips pro-Kurdish legislator of seat in parliament Güldem AtabayPosted on17 March, 2021 In the latest crackdown on Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, Turkey on Wednesday stripped a prominent … Continue ReadingTurkey’s justice system down one more grade: AKP-MHP strips pro-Kurdish legislator of seat in parliament
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s short term external debt on the rise: USD 190 bn to pay in the year ahead Güldem AtabayPosted on17 March, 2021 According to the Central Bank data announced today Turkey’s total short-term external debt (original maturity … Continue ReadingTurkey’s short term external debt on the rise: USD 190 bn to pay in the year ahead
Categories Economy OPEC: Assessment of the global economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2021 The year 2020 witnessed an extraordinary and unprecedented turn of events that have negatively impacted … Continue ReadingOPEC: Assessment of the global economy
Categories General With cases reaching 2021-high, Erdogan determined to keep the economy open Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2021 Turkey recorded 16, 505 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest daily rise this … Continue ReadingWith cases reaching 2021-high, Erdogan determined to keep the economy open
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics HRW: Don’t Expel Opposition Deputy from Parliament Güldem AtabayPosted on16 March, 2021 Any move by Turkey’s parliament to use an opposition politician’s wrongful conviction for a social media post … Continue ReadingHRW: Don’t Expel Opposition Deputy from Parliament
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Fed FOMC could seriously damage Emerging Markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 All market participants are nervously eyeing Wednesday’s Fed FOMC meeting, but one group of asset … Continue ReadingFed FOMC could seriously damage Emerging Markets
Categories Economy Markets Real Turkey: Should Turkey raise interest rates? Could she? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 Should Turkey raise interest rates? Could she? Real Turkey presents its Turkey … Continue ReadingReal Turkey: Should Turkey raise interest rates? Could she?
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Bahadır Kaleagasi: Europe’s geostrategic sovereignty and Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 A more positive relationship between the European Union and Turkey is a decade-long project of … Continue ReadingBahadır Kaleagasi: Europe’s geostrategic sovereignty and Turkey
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Covid cases reach highest this year; no new measures Güldem AtabayPosted on16 March, 2021 Turkey recorded 15,503 new coronavirus cases on March 15, the highest daily rise this year. … Continue ReadingCovid cases reach highest this year; no new measures
Categories Business Turkey rate hikes slow loan growth, to compress banks’ margins – Fitch Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 Turkish banks saw slower loan growth in the fourth quarter of 2020 and their margins … Continue ReadingTurkey rate hikes slow loan growth, to compress banks’ margins – Fitch
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics S-400: NATO-Stoltenberg says Turkey have serious differences Güldem AtabayPosted on16 March, 2021 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on March 15 he has “serious concerns” over actions … Continue ReadingS-400: NATO-Stoltenberg says Turkey have serious differences
