Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Ukraine grain deal exports reach 30.3 million tons Cem CetingucPosted on25 May, 202325 May, 2023 Some 30.3 million tons of grain have been transported by 953 ships to the world market … Continue ReadingUkraine grain deal exports reach 30.3 million tons
Categories Business HYPED Russia’s Tighter Ties With Fewer Friends Create Risks–for Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 May, 202320 May, 2023 Russia has managed to successfully market its oil volumes that have been shunned by the … Continue ReadingRussia’s Tighter Ties With Fewer Friends Create Risks–for Turkey
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS TPAO to open up 20 oil rigs in Şırnak province Cem CetingucPosted on10 May, 202310 May, 2023 Türkiye’s state oil company TPAO plans to open up to 20 oil rigs in the southeastern province of Şırnak … Continue ReadingTPAO to open up 20 oil rigs in Şırnak province
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Russia makes gas price concessions to Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on4 May, 20234 May, 2023 Turkey has become Gazprom’s second international customer to finalise an agreement to defer part of … Continue ReadingRussia makes gas price concessions to Turkey
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey, Russia, Ukraine to discuss grain deal: DM Cem CetingucPosted on3 May, 20233 May, 2023 Deputy defense ministers of Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye are expected to meet in Istanbul on May 5 for talks on … Continue ReadingTurkey, Russia, Ukraine to discuss grain deal: DM
Categories Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Prof Seda Demiralp: Economic turmoil has created an opening for Turkey’s opposition Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 May, 2023 Seda Demiralp is an associate professor of international relations at Isik University in Istanbul. Turkey … Continue ReadingProf Seda Demiralp: Economic turmoil has created an opening for Turkey’s opposition
Categories Business HYPED COMMENTARY: What happened in the Supreme Court Halkbank hearing? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 April, 2023 After Supreme Court’s mixed verdict on Turkish lender, Halkbank, Reuters and CNBc.com posted articles to … Continue ReadingCOMMENTARY: What happened in the Supreme Court Halkbank hearing?
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tight Election Puts Turkey’s Energy Future in the Balance Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2023 The battle for Turkey’s future is in full swing. Launching his election campaign in Ankara … Continue ReadingTight Election Puts Turkey’s Energy Future in the Balance
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS Foreign investors circle Turkey skies, waiting for “orthodoxy” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 2023 International investors are looking to increase investments in Turkey, notably in mergers and acquisitions, as … Continue ReadingForeign investors circle Turkey skies, waiting for “orthodoxy”
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Cetin Unsalan: Turkey’s non-sense parading as export policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 April, 2023 If you take an unplanned approach when talking about the economy and try to see … Continue ReadingCetin Unsalan: Turkey’s non-sense parading as export policy
Categories Business Finance HIGHLIGHTS ANALYSIS: Business people ask: Which interest rate; which exchange rate? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 April, 2023 The spread between the official exchange rate is opening wide vs “the market rate”, as … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Business people ask: Which interest rate; which exchange rate?
Categories Business General HYPED Turkey’s Erdogan promised to slash inflation as he launched campaign ahead of May election | DW News Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 April, 2023 One month before voters head to the polls in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan promised to slash inflation as he launched campaign ahead of May election | DW News
Categories Business Company & Industry Finance HIGHLIGHTS EnerjiSA / Upgrade to Buy: Underperformance seems exaggerated Cem CetingucPosted on5 April, 2023 Earthquake damage contained to a likely temporary FCF impact. Citizens in the 10 earthquake hit … Continue ReadingEnerjiSA / Upgrade to Buy: Underperformance seems exaggerated
Categories Business Finance HYPED Prof Hayri Kozanoglu: Who should pay the cost of quake reconstruction? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 April, 2023 Prof Hayri Kozanoglu, renown economist and one of the leading left-wing intellectuals of the older … Continue ReadingProf Hayri Kozanoglu: Who should pay the cost of quake reconstruction?
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Ozan Gundogdu: Can you measure voter support by economic data? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2023 There are many studies on how economic trends influence elections. A common proposition is: Pessimism … Continue ReadingOzan Gundogdu: Can you measure voter support by economic data?
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Politics Why Iraq loses in the Turkish oil arbitration case Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2023 When the International Court of Arbitration ruled on Thursday that Turkey breached contract by directly trading oil with Iraq’s Kurdistan … Continue ReadingWhy Iraq loses in the Turkish oil arbitration case
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Iraq halts Kurdish crude exports after winning arbitration case against Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 March, 2023 Iraq halted 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region … Continue ReadingIraq halts Kurdish crude exports after winning arbitration case against Turkey
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Ussal Sahbaz: Turkey’s housing bubble impedes innovation and productivity Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 March, 2023 A report published this month included the following findings: “Economic activities in our nation’s largest … Continue ReadingUssal Sahbaz: Turkey’s housing bubble impedes innovation and productivity
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS HYPED TOGG to receive 100,000 preorders in first weeek Cem CetingucPosted on24 March, 2023 Togg, Türkiye’s first domestically manufactured car brand, has announced that its first smart device model … Continue ReadingTOGG to receive 100,000 preorders in first weeek
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Russia hesitant to renew grain deal Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 March, 2023 Russia’s top diplomat said Thursday that it would be “quite complicated” for Moscow to sign … Continue ReadingRussia hesitant to renew grain deal