Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey, Syria to resolve trade disputes, discuss free trade agreement Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 January, 2025 Turkey and Syria discussed matters of trade cooperation and customs operations, agreeing to work out … Continue ReadingTurkey, Syria to resolve trade disputes, discuss free trade agreement
Categories Business Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Duvar English: Foreign investors back in Turkish debt markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 January, 2025 Foreign investors are returning to Turkey’s debt markets, encouraged by recent interest rate cuts and … Continue ReadingDuvar English: Foreign investors back in Turkish debt markets
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics EU-Türkiye Relations in Focus as FM Hosts Kaja Kallas Cem CetingucPosted on24 January, 2025 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan welcomed EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Ankara on … Continue ReadingEU-Türkiye Relations in Focus as FM Hosts Kaja Kallas
Categories Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Türkiye’s Defense Industry Achieves Record-Breaking Milestones in 2024 Cem CetingucPosted on24 January, 2025 Türkiye’s defense industry had a transformative year in 2024, marked by record exports, innovative advancements, … Continue ReadingTürkiye’s Defense Industry Achieves Record-Breaking Milestones in 2024
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Ankara Governor Halts LGBTI+ film festival Cem CetingucPosted on24 January, 2025 Ankara Governor on Jan. 23 banned the 13th Pink Life Queerfest, an LGBTI+ film festival … Continue ReadingAnkara Governor Halts LGBTI+ film festival
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Kartalkaya hotel fire deaths linked to lack of basic safety Cem CetingucPosted on24 January, 2025 The deaths in the devastating fire at a popular ski resort in the northwestern province … Continue ReadingKartalkaya hotel fire deaths linked to lack of basic safety
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Türkiye Offers Support in Resolving Rwanda-DRC Conflict Cem CetingucPosted on24 January, 2025 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Türkiye’s readiness to mediate in resolving the ongoing dispute between … Continue ReadingTürkiye Offers Support in Resolving Rwanda-DRC Conflict
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Additional liquidity step from CBRT Güldem AtabayPosted on24 January, 2025 The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), which has so far attracted excess … Continue ReadingAdditional liquidity step from CBRT
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS CBRT cuts by 250 basis points, signals more to come Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 January, 2025 As expected, Central Bank of Turkey cut rtaes by 250 bais points, signaling another cut … Continue ReadingCBRT cuts by 250 basis points, signals more to come
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Death Toll Rises to 79 in Bolu Ski Resort Fire; 11 Detained Cem CetingucPosted on23 January, 2025 The tragic fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey … Continue ReadingDeath Toll Rises to 79 in Bolu Ski Resort Fire; 11 Detained
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics President Erdoğan Announces Judicial Reform Plan Cem CetingucPosted on23 January, 2025 On January 23, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a comprehensive judicial reform plan aimed at … Continue ReadingPresident Erdoğan Announces Judicial Reform Plan
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Physician Migration in Turkey Reflects Deepening Crisis in Health Sector Cem CetingucPosted on23 January, 202523 January, 2025 The migration of Turkish physicians abroad has become a growing trend in recent years, highlighting … Continue ReadingPhysician Migration in Turkey Reflects Deepening Crisis in Health Sector
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Markets Turkey Introduces Comprehensive Regulations for Crypto Asset Service Providers Cem CetingucPosted on23 January, 202523 January, 2025 Turkey has taken a significant step in regulating the crypto asset market, introducing detailed rules … Continue ReadingTurkey Introduces Comprehensive Regulations for Crypto Asset Service Providers
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s Housing Prices Jumped 32.90% Yoy in December Cem CetingucPosted on23 January, 202523 January, 2025 2024 In December, the Turkey House Price Index for Sale increased by 2.50% in nominal … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Housing Prices Jumped 32.90% Yoy in December
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Legal Pressure on Turkish Opposition Raises Democracy Concerns Cem CetingucPosted on22 January, 202523 January, 2025 A turbulent week in Turkish politics saw legal actions against three prominent opposition figures, sparking … Continue ReadingLegal Pressure on Turkish Opposition Raises Democracy Concerns
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics CHP Youth Leader Cem Aydın Detained Over Social Media Post Cem CetingucPosted on22 January, 202523 January, 2025 Cem Aydın, president of the youth branch of Türkiye’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), … Continue ReadingCHP Youth Leader Cem Aydın Detained Over Social Media Post
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics EU-Türkiye High-Level Economic Dialogue to Resume After Six Years Cem CetingucPosted on22 January, 202523 January, 2025 The European Union is set to hold a high-level dialogue with Türkiye on economic issues … Continue ReadingEU-Türkiye High-Level Economic Dialogue to Resume After Six Years
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Intense Talks Aim to Halt Conflict in Northeast Syria Cem CetingucPosted on22 January, 202523 January, 2025 Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive … Continue ReadingIntense Talks Aim to Halt Conflict in Northeast Syria
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Türkiye and U.S. Aim Strengthened Economic Ties in Trump’s Second Term Cem CetingucPosted on22 January, 202523 January, 2025 Under President Donald Trump’s second term, Türkiye and the United States are set to enhance … Continue ReadingTürkiye and U.S. Aim Strengthened Economic Ties in Trump’s Second Term
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics DEM Party Plans Second Öcalan Meeting in Bid for Peace Cem CetingucPosted on22 January, 202523 January, 2025 The pro-Kurdish Democratic Equality Movement (DEM) Party announced plans to send a delegation to meet … Continue ReadingDEM Party Plans Second Öcalan Meeting in Bid for Peace
