Categories Business Company & Industry Trendyol aims to Hit $16.5 Billion Valuation Cem CetingucPosted on4 August, 20214 August, 2021 By Ercan Ersoy and Ivan Levingston General Atlantic among firms leading $1.5 billion investment Alibaba-backed … Continue ReadingTrendyol aims to Hit $16.5 Billion Valuation
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Wildfires: First damage reports are filed Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 August, 2021 It will take months to truly assess the economic damage the string of wildfires still … Continue ReadingWildfires: First damage reports are filed
Categories Business VoA: Wildfires Scorch Recovery in Hobbled Tourism Sector Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 August, 2021 Wildfires scorching some of Turkey’s most popular destinations have upended a nascent recovery in the … Continue ReadingVoA: Wildfires Scorch Recovery in Hobbled Tourism Sector
Categories Business General Markets Turkish exporters could face additional charges under new EU carbon laws Cem CetingucPosted on2 August, 2021 Turkish exporters of energy-intensive products such as cement, steel and aluminium could face steep additional … Continue ReadingTurkish exporters could face additional charges under new EU carbon laws
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Forest fires choking Turkey’s South Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 July, 2021 Forest fires spread to a vast area in southern Turkish provinces on Thursday, from the … Continue ReadingForest fires choking Turkey’s South
Categories Business General Politics Tech Turkey rapidly advancing its drone warfare capacity Cem CetingucPosted on29 July, 2021 NEW YORK/ISTANBUL — In a video posted from his personal Twitter account last week, the … Continue ReadingTurkey rapidly advancing its drone warfare capacity
Categories Business Company & Industry HALKB: 2Q Preview, Target Price & Rating Revision – Uphill Battle Cem CetingucPosted on26 July, 2021 Higher funding and credit risk costs remain as risk factors Following the strong loan growth … Continue ReadingHALKB: 2Q Preview, Target Price & Rating Revision – Uphill Battle
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Is Turkey safe for tourism? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 July, 2021 Is Turkey Safe for Tourism? If you are vaccinated yes. 65 … Continue ReadingIs Turkey safe for tourism?
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Reuters’ EXCLUSIVE: Turkey’s banks set for capital healing after pandemic battle -sources Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 July, 2021 This is only a segment of the Reuters report, which PA Turkey is re-publishing, because … Continue ReadingReuters’ EXCLUSIVE: Turkey’s banks set for capital healing after pandemic battle -sources
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Gargantuan Holiday boosts Turkish economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 July, 2021 Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Turkish shopkeepers have a cause for celebration during the … Continue ReadingGargantuan Holiday boosts Turkish economy
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tech Russia’s Economic Influence in the Mediterranean– Less Than a Full Deck (Turkey section) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 July, 2021 Russia’s intervention in Syria in 2015, and then subsequently in Libya, marked its return as … Continue ReadingRussia’s Economic Influence in the Mediterranean– Less Than a Full Deck (Turkey section)
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Consumer Confidence: One goes down, the other heads up Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 July, 202119 July, 2021 The outlook for consumer spending remains debatable in Turkey. The official consumer confidence index, published … Continue ReadingConsumer Confidence: One goes down, the other heads up
Categories Business OECD-FAO report: Ensuring food security and healthy diets for a growing global population will remain a challenge Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 July, 2021 The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 provides policy-makers with a consensus assessment of the ten-year prospects … Continue ReadingOECD-FAO report: Ensuring food security and healthy diets for a growing global population will remain a challenge
Categories Business Economy HYPED Erdal Saglam: Unemployment data is no longer an indicator in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 July, 2021 The unemployment rate in May was 13.2 percent in Turkey. The data shows that the … Continue ReadingErdal Saglam: Unemployment data is no longer an indicator in Turkey
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Tech G20 backs carbon pricing, ‘raising stakes’ among emerging economies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 July, 2021 G20 finance ministers have for the first-time endorsed carbon pricing as a tool to transition … Continue ReadingG20 backs carbon pricing, ‘raising stakes’ among emerging economies
Categories Business Multinationals evaporating from Turkish business scene Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 July, 202112 July, 2021 Foreign manufacturers operating in Turkey are losing their sway over the business world and economy, … Continue ReadingMultinationals evaporating from Turkish business scene
Categories Business Company & Industry Oil & Gas: 2Q21 pit stop Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 July, 2021 EEMEA oil & gas continues to benefit from a supportive macro backdrop with our revised … Continue ReadingOil & Gas: 2Q21 pit stop
Categories Business Company & Industry Economy Green projects in Turkey to create 100,000 + new jobs Cem CetingucPosted on9 July, 2021 A visible pipeline of 238 renewable projects in Turkey is expected to generate 9.2 gigawatts of capacity and 110,000 … Continue ReadingGreen projects in Turkey to create 100,000 + new jobs
Categories Business Saudi Arabia amends import rules in major challenge to UAE, Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 July, 2021 Saudi Arabia has amended its rules on imports from neighboring Gulf Arab countries to exclude … Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia amends import rules in major challenge to UAE, Turkey
Categories Business Economy EU’s Green Agenda for the Western Balkans Packs a Risky Geopolitical Agenda Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 July, 2021 “EU funding mobilized for the Western Balkans’ green transformation could ultimately flow right into the … Continue ReadingEU’s Green Agenda for the Western Balkans Packs a Risky Geopolitical Agenda