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 HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey Stocks Surge Reveals Deserted Market That’s Easy to Move Güldem AtabayPosted on26 October, 2021 Turkey market ructions have claimed the nation’s currency and bonds among their victims, but stocks … Continue ReadingTurkey Stocks Surge Reveals Deserted Market That’s Easy to Move
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan Feasts on Chaos While the Lira Suffers Güldem AtabayPosted on25 October, 2021 It’s almost like Turkey desires an economic crisis. Threatening to expel envoys from powerful allies … Continue ReadingErdogan Feasts on Chaos While the Lira Suffers
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s ambassador fracas ends as quickly as it started Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 October, 2021 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan “welcomed” statements on Monday by several Western embassies including the United … Continue ReadingTurkey’s ambassador fracas ends as quickly as it started
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish State Banks Follow Rate Gamble by Pledging Cheaper Loans Güldem AtabayPosted on25 October, 2021 Turkey’s state lenders will follow the central bank’s shock interest-rate cut of 200 basis points and … Continue ReadingTurkish State Banks Follow Rate Gamble by Pledging Cheaper Loans
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Officials Seek to Avoid Expulsion of Western Envoys Güldem AtabayPosted on25 October, 2021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration is weighing options to avoid formally designating ambassadors from 10 countries, … Continue ReadingTurkish Officials Seek to Avoid Expulsion of Western Envoys
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey on the verge of a weak currency-inflation spiral Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 October, 2021 The Turkish lira weakened 1.6% to a record low against the dollar in early Asian … Continue ReadingTurkey on the verge of a weak currency-inflation spiral
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Reuters: Turkey to expel US envoy and nine others, Erdogan says Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 October, 2021 As President Erdogan’s mental integrity becomes a legitimate topic of political debate, he continues to … Continue ReadingReuters: Turkey to expel US envoy and nine others, Erdogan says
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Nordea: There is Erdogan and then there is the rest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 October, 2021 Nordea Research Team lampoons Turkey’s meddlesome president R. T. Erdogan, who has taken complete control … Continue ReadingNordea: There is Erdogan and then there is the rest
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s external woes compounded by Halkbank case Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 October, 2021 Turkish state lender Halkbank must face criminal charges that it evaded sanctions against Iran by … Continue ReadingTurkey’s external woes compounded by Halkbank case
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Erdoğan: Turkey shouldn’t host ambassadors who called for Kavala’s release Güldem AtabayPosted on21 October, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the ambassadors of 10 countries, including the US, Germany … Continue ReadingErdoğan: Turkey shouldn’t host ambassadors who called for Kavala’s release
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS FATF places Turkey on grey list over terror financing Güldem AtabayPosted on21 October, 2021 The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Turkey on its grey list for failing … Continue ReadingFATF places Turkey on grey list over terror financing
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey consumer confidence hits 12 year low Güldem AtabayPosted on21 October, 2021 Seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index decreased by 3.6% in October compared to the previous month … Continue ReadingTurkey consumer confidence hits 12 year low
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 Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish State Energy Giants Set for Rejig Ahead of Possible Sale Güldem AtabayPosted on20 October, 2021 Turkey is preparing to reorganize some of its largest state companies ahead of possible stake … Continue ReadingTurkish State Energy Giants Set for Rejig Ahead of Possible Sale
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics The perils of personalizing power: Erdoğan’s one-man rule has made him increasingly vulnerable Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 October, 2021 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan long believed that establishing one-man rule would end all his … Continue ReadingThe perils of personalizing power: Erdoğan’s one-man rule has made him increasingly vulnerable
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Daily market bulletin: Markets, 2022 budget, Treasury auctions, FATF Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 October, 2021 MSCI Turkey outperformed the MSCI EM by 0.1% yesterday. BIST-100 gained 0.9%, closing at the … Continue ReadingDaily market bulletin: Markets, 2022 budget, Treasury auctions, FATF
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS With F-16 order, Turko-American relations reach a most delicate juncture Atilla YeşiladaPosted on19 October, 2021 Earlier this month Turkey made a request to the United States to buy 40 Lockheed … Continue ReadingWith F-16 order, Turko-American relations reach a most delicate juncture
Categories Economy Emerging Markets Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Emerging-Market Currencies Hurt by Growth Woes After Rate Hikes Güldem AtabayPosted on18 October, 2021 Central banks’ longstanding strategy of hiking interest rates to defend currencies is failing to work … Continue ReadingEmerging-Market Currencies Hurt by Growth Woes After Rate Hikes
