Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 The new Covid-19 services set up at hospitals in the face of the third peak … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough
Categories Business Economy General Tech Turkey’s gaming industry attracts investors, but not without concerns Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 According to a 2020 annual report published by the Esports agency Gaming in Turkey (GIT), … Continue ReadingTurkey’s gaming industry attracts investors, but not without concerns
Categories General Russia restricts flights to Turkey amid COVID-19 surge, political tensions Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 202112 April, 2021 Russia will restrict flights to and from Turkey from April 15 to June 1 due … Continue ReadingRussia restricts flights to Turkey amid COVID-19 surge, political tensions
Categories Economy General Turkey’s construction cost index flat in February over January Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 In February 2021, construction cost index (CCI) decreased by 0.03% compared with previous month yet … Continue ReadingTurkey’s construction cost index flat in February over January
Categories Business General Politics Canal Istanbul: The greatest of all White Elephants Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 April, 2021 What is Canal Istanbul: President Erdogan’s pet crazy project is a channel which will … Continue ReadingCanal Istanbul: The greatest of all White Elephants
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Growing support for Istanbul Convention, declining votes for Erdoğan Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 202112 April, 2021 The Operational Social Research Center has shared the findings of its March 2021 public opinion … Continue ReadingGrowing support for Istanbul Convention, declining votes for Erdoğan
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Growth hopes: Gone with the Covid Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 April, 2021 Turkey’s daily coronavirus infection numbers have soared above 50,000 and President Tayyip Erdogan is likely … Continue ReadingGrowth hopes: Gone with the Covid
Categories Economy General Unemployment rate realized as 13.4 percent in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on12 April, 2021 Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate realized as 13.4% The number of unemployed persons aged 15 years … Continue ReadingUnemployment rate realized as 13.4 percent in Turkey
Categories General TCL, Huawei set to join other Chinese brands producing in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on12 April, 2021 New Chinese brands are set to join international electronics companies that recently kickstarted production in … Continue ReadingTCL, Huawei set to join other Chinese brands producing in Turkey
Categories Business General Musicians’ Desperation Highlights Turkey’s Economic Problems Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 April, 2021 Turkey’s Covid-19 epidemic is in its 13th month with no relief in sight, as in … Continue ReadingMusicians’ Desperation Highlights Turkey’s Economic Problems
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey–West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition (Prof. Oya Dursun-Özkanca) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 April, 2021 Özkanca explains her recent book: Turkey–West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition (Cambridge … Continue ReadingTurkey–West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition (Prof. Oya Dursun-Özkanca)
Categories General View from SABAH: How AKP views Sino-Turkey relationship Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 April, 2021 Daily SABAH is unabashedly pro-AKP and is proud to be called the party’s mouthpiece. Frequent … Continue ReadingView from SABAH: How AKP views Sino-Turkey relationship
Categories Business General Nikkei: Turkey’s Central Asia tug-of-war with Russia intensifies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 April, 2021 Turkey and Russia have escalated their competing quests for influence among the resource-rich former Soviet … Continue ReadingNikkei: Turkey’s Central Asia tug-of-war with Russia intensifies
Categories General Iraq’s new Covid-19 surge complicates recovery Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 April, 2021 Iraq’s Health Ministry has warned of “dire consequences” ahead because citizens are not heeding coronavirus … Continue ReadingIraq’s new Covid-19 surge complicates recovery
Categories General More legal trouble for Turkey in US courts Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2021 It is a well known story that Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank is accused by U.S. … Continue ReadingMore legal trouble for Turkey in US courts
Categories Economy General Selva Demiralp: Inflation, central bank credibility, institutional independence Güldem AtabayPosted on9 April, 2021 As the former Fed chair Ben Bernanke once put it, “Monetary policy is 98 percent … Continue ReadingSelva Demiralp: Inflation, central bank credibility, institutional independence
Categories General Tech Brookings: Making well-being a policy priority: Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 April, 2021 What began as a roving conversation about the role of happiness in policy among a … Continue ReadingBrookings: Making well-being a policy priority: Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report
Categories General Can Turkey Break With the Muslim Brotherhood? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 April, 2021 This article is a gateway to understanding whether Turkey can reset relations with Sunni Arab … Continue ReadingCan Turkey Break With the Muslim Brotherhood?
Categories Economy General Politics Foreign Affairs: U.S.-Russian Relations Will Only Get Worse Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 It is hard to imagine that U.S.-Russian relations could get much worse, but sadly, they … Continue ReadingForeign Affairs: U.S.-Russian Relations Will Only Get Worse
Categories Economy General CEEMEA economic outlook: Some like it hot Cem CetingucPosted on8 April, 2021 The alarming rise in case rates across Europe and what they mean for the 2021 … Continue ReadingCEEMEA economic outlook: Some like it hot
