Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS A journalist’s impression from Mehmet Simsek investor get-together Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 2023 A veteran Turkish journalist, Mr Sedat Ergin (resume at the end of this article) attended … Continue ReadingA journalist’s impression from Mehmet Simsek investor get-together
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Simsek’s investor meeting drew large crowds, but were there any buyers? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 2023 Some 120 American investors attended the 13th edition of the Türkiye Investment Conference held in … Continue ReadingSimsek’s investor meeting drew large crowds, but were there any buyers?
Categories General HYPED FDD/Sinan Ciddi: Erdoğan’s Transactional Foreign Policy Should be Repaid in Kind Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 2023 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in New York this week for the UN General … Continue ReadingFDD/Sinan Ciddi: Erdoğan’s Transactional Foreign Policy Should be Repaid in Kind
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS ANALSIS: CBRT’s 500 basis point rate hike signals a brand new monetary regime Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 September, 202321 September, 2023 This is a quick analysis by Atilla Yesilada about the importance of Central Bank’s (CBRT) … Continue ReadingANALSIS: CBRT’s 500 basis point rate hike signals a brand new monetary regime
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan finally meets Netanyahu, but no details on NG pipeline Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the effort to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia during his … Continue ReadingErdogan finally meets Netanyahu, but no details on NG pipeline
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Video COMMENTARY: Why is Turkey delaying Sweden’s NATO membership? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 Video COMMENTARY: Why is Turkey delaying Sweden’s NATO membership? President Erdogan will probably … Continue ReadingVideo COMMENTARY: Why is Turkey delaying Sweden’s NATO membership?
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Turkish contractors banned from Euro-tender for Russia connections Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 Rail Baltica Project, one of the most important railway projects in Europe, was put out … Continue ReadingTurkish contractors banned from Euro-tender for Russia connections
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Columnists Economy HIGHLIGHTS Atilla Yesilada: Turkish economy still too hot for comfort Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 September, 2023 On Monday, private financial broadcaster BloombergHT published its September preliminary consumer survey, which is even … Continue ReadingAtilla Yesilada: Turkish economy still too hot for comfort
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS HSBC ups policy rate forecast, downgrades GDP growth Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 September, 2023 Investment bank HSBC increased its year-end forecast for the policy rate in Turkey from 30 … Continue ReadingHSBC ups policy rate forecast, downgrades GDP growth
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Şimşek: The bottleneck in foreign financing is being solved Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 September, 2023 Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek stated that Turkey overcame the problems in accessing … Continue ReadingŞimşek: The bottleneck in foreign financing is being solved
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: Will Erdoğan’s “parting ways with EU” maneuver yield a result? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 When President Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned the possibility of Türkiye parting ways with the European Union … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Will Erdoğan’s “parting ways with EU” maneuver yield a result?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics CHP leadership race: Ozgur Ozel or Kilicdaroglu? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 The first poll about the leadership race in main opposition party CHP came from pro-AKP … Continue ReadingCHP leadership race: Ozgur Ozel or Kilicdaroglu?
Categories General HYPED AFP: Turkey’s winning women ignite culture wars Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 Turkey’s confessional divide seems to abate in the last 10 years, in particular among Gen … Continue ReadingAFP: Turkey’s winning women ignite culture wars
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey drums up support for alternative to India-Middle East trade corridor Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 Turkey has been in “intensive negotiations” to find its alternative to the India-Middle East trade … Continue ReadingTurkey drums up support for alternative to India-Middle East trade corridor
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan asks Musk to open Tesla’s 7th factory in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 202318 September, 2023 President Erdogan will spend the week in New York to attend to the inaugural ceremony … Continue ReadingErdogan asks Musk to open Tesla’s 7th factory in Turkey
Categories Business Company & Industry HYPED Emirates NBD makes strategic investment in Turkish start-up Erguvan Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 September, 2023 After Erdogan’s crusade to Gulf Arab Nations, hopes of huge loans and FDI flows inundated … Continue ReadingEmirates NBD makes strategic investment in Turkish start-up Erguvan
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Economist Mustafa Sonmez: Turkey’s central bank mulls giant interest rate hike up to 10% to fight inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 September, 202316 September, 2023 One of the leadfing economists and Tv personality Mustafa Sonmez reports an inside scoop from … Continue ReadingEconomist Mustafa Sonmez: Turkey’s central bank mulls giant interest rate hike up to 10% to fight inflation
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Whip Ozgur Ozel to challenge Kilicdaroglu in CHP leadership race Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 September, 2023 A pharmacist turned lawmaker became the first official challenger to the longstanding head of the … Continue ReadingWhip Ozgur Ozel to challenge Kilicdaroglu in CHP leadership race
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Standart Chartered: Substantial rate hikes to continue in Türkiye Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 September, 2023 We now expect the central bank to hike the policy rate by 500bps at its … Continue ReadingStandart Chartered: Substantial rate hikes to continue in Türkiye
Categories Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Barclay’s predicts “modest CB” rate hike, higher dollar/TL Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 September, 2023 The Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee (PPK) increased its key interest rate by 750 basis … Continue ReadingBarclay’s predicts “modest CB” rate hike, higher dollar/TL