Categories Atilla Yeşilada Business HYPED Commentary: Pros and cons of sanctions on Russia for Turkish economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 2022 Rumor has it, that the difference between “threat” and “opportunity” in Chinese is only a … Continue ReadingCommentary: Pros and cons of sanctions on Russia for Turkish economy
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS Ukraine Crisis Could Cost Turkey $30 Billion Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 March, 2022 Ukraine Crisis Could Cost Turkey $30 Billion Turkey’s leading economist, Mr. Mahfi Eğilmez … Continue ReadingUkraine Crisis Could Cost Turkey $30 Billion
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HIGHLIGHTS Politics TURKEY: A Historic Manifesto from opposition for Democratization Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 March, 20227 March, 2022 TURKEY: A historic manifesto from opposition for democratization 6 out of 7 major … Continue ReadingTURKEY: A Historic Manifesto from opposition for Democratization
Categories Columnists General HIGHLIGHTS SHOCKER: Turkey is modernizing rapidly (commentary) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 February, 2022 I have long wanted to write an article about the brave new Turkey which is … Continue ReadingSHOCKER: Turkey is modernizing rapidly (commentary)
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Commentary: Why most EM are uninvestable? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 February, 2022 Since before the pandemic, at the beginning of each year, strategists and fund managers have … Continue ReadingCommentary: Why most EM are uninvestable?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets TURKEY: Next Stop Is Currency Controls Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 January, 2022 Erdogan’s heterodox (unusual) economic policies pushed Turkey into the abyss. “Official” inflation … Continue ReadingTURKEY: Next Stop Is Currency Controls
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HYPED Politics Commentary: Is Turkey heading for snap elections? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 January, 202210 January, 2022 Turkey’s regularly scheduled presidential and parliamentary elections (hold simultaneously) will take place in June 2023. … Continue ReadingCommentary: Is Turkey heading for snap elections?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Video-opinion: Has Erdogan Averted a Currency Crisis? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 December, 2021 Only 23 minutes! Has Erdogan averted a currency crisis? Since the CBRT … Continue ReadingVideo-opinion: Has Erdogan Averted a Currency Crisis?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Columnists Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Economic Outlook 2022: WHAT a train wreck! Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 December, 2021 Turkish Economic Outlook 2022: WHAT a train wreck! | Real Turkey Recap … Continue ReadingTurkish Economic Outlook 2022: WHAT a train wreck!
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Comment: Will Turkey’s Central Bank ever stop cutting rates? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 December, 2021 With Fed turning decidedly more hawkish on Wednesday, the other highlight of the week is … Continue ReadingComment: Will Turkey’s Central Bank ever stop cutting rates?
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Atabay: ‘Erdoganomics’ Is The Reason for Lira Losing Ground – Bloomberg Video Güldem AtabayPosted on29 November, 202129 November, 2021 Guldem Atabay, economist at Global Source Turkey and PATurkey columnist, discusses the sharp slump in … Continue ReadingAtabay: ‘Erdoganomics’ Is The Reason for Lira Losing Ground – Bloomberg Video
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics OPINION: Turkish opposition marches to power Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 October, 2021 Six Turkish opposition parties are stepping up collaboration in their bid to unseat Tayyip Erdogan … Continue ReadingOPINION: Turkish opposition marches to power
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HYPED Ambassador crisis: How the West taught a lesson in diplomacy to AKP Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 October, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back on Monday from his threat to expel 10 … Continue ReadingAmbassador crisis: How the West taught a lesson in diplomacy to AKP
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Shockingly “bold” rate cut and now what for TL? Güldem AtabayPosted on21 October, 2021 Turkey’s central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by 2 percentage points to 16% at … Continue ReadingShockingly “bold” rate cut and now what for TL?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Business Economy HIGHLIGHTS The rate cut conundrum: What will Erdogan do? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 October, 2021 I have read three surveys by Turkish press outlets, all of which find that the … Continue ReadingThe rate cut conundrum: What will Erdogan do?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HYPED A dim beam of hope for Syria—and Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 October, 2021 Syria’s government and opposition in the war-torn country have agreed to start drafting constitutional reforms, … Continue ReadingA dim beam of hope for Syria—and Turkey
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opinion: Stuck between Russia and US, Turkey loses foreign policy flexibility Atilla YeşiladaPosted on14 October, 2021 Ankara has pursued an opportunistic foreign policy since Trump was elected to presidency. Humored by … Continue ReadingOpinion: Stuck between Russia and US, Turkey loses foreign policy flexibility
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets OPINION: TL testing new lows, worse to come Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 September, 2021 Turkish Lira is about to close this week’s trading in Istanbul, at 8.8750-88 vs the … Continue ReadingOPINION: TL testing new lows, worse to come
Categories Economy General Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Evaluation of Turkey’s growth prospects Güldem AtabayPosted on1 September, 20211 September, 2021 As per the official figures Turkey’s 2Q21 GDP Growth was 21.7%. The 10.4% contraction in … Continue ReadingEvaluation of Turkey’s growth prospects
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS Markets OPINION: Erdogan manages to upset the currency market, again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 August, 2021 President Erdogan found time to “instruct those who know that this message is for them” … Continue ReadingOPINION: Erdogan manages to upset the currency market, again