Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Warns Banks Not to Lend to Firms Trading Liras Offshore Güldem AtabayPosted on22 March, 202222 March, 2022 Turkey’s banking regulator warned lenders not to provide lira liquidity to companies looking to speculate … Continue ReadingTurkey Warns Banks Not to Lend to Firms Trading Liras Offshore
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Ukraine’s message for EU leaders: Send money now Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 2022 Ukraine’s businesses have an urgent message for European Union leaders: Send money now. With traditional … Continue ReadingUkraine’s message for EU leaders: Send money now
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Aging population keep increasing in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on22 March, 2022 Turkey’s elderly population increased by 24 percent in the last five years, indicating that the aging … Continue ReadingAging population keep increasing in Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Meet the person who can beat Erdogan: Kemal Kilicdaroglu Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2022 There is a revolution in Turkish politics. Economic misery and Erdogan’s increasing detachment from … Continue ReadingMeet the person who can beat Erdogan: Kemal Kilicdaroglu
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics BREAKING: The price for making good with US is S-400s, claims news sources Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2022 “Will Turkey Supply Ukraine S-400s And Get Back In U.S.’ Good Graces?” is the … Continue ReadingBREAKING: The price for making good with US is S-400s, claims news sources
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Tech UK and Turkey agree clean transport deal worth £1.7 billion Cem CetingucPosted on19 March, 202219 March, 2022 The UK government’s biggest ever sustainable, civil infrastructure deal will help finance a new high … Continue ReadingUK and Turkey agree clean transport deal worth £1.7 billion
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Experts warn: Turkey under water stress Cem CetingucPosted on19 March, 2022 Turkey has been shown as a country under “water stress” in the latest report by the U.N. … Continue ReadingExperts warn: Turkey under water stress
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Turkey can attract hundreds of U.S. companies due to Russian war: US executive Cem CetingucPosted on19 March, 2022 Turkey could grab the opportunity to attract hundreds of U.S. companies leaving the Russian market over … Continue ReadingTurkey can attract hundreds of U.S. companies due to Russian war: US executive
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Junk-Rated Turkey, Nigeria Defy Market Chaos With Debt Sales Güldem AtabayPosted on18 March, 2022 Two junk-rated developing nations sold dollar bonds just as the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates, shrugging … Continue ReadingJunk-Rated Turkey, Nigeria Defy Market Chaos With Debt Sales
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics MLSA Trial Monitoring Report: 2 journalists, 1 writer sentenced to 112 months in prison Cem CetingucPosted on18 March, 2022 Running a trial monitoring program since 2018 in cooperation with international civil society organizations, the … Continue ReadingMLSA Trial Monitoring Report: 2 journalists, 1 writer sentenced to 112 months in prison
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS BREAKING: Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call—BBC Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 March, 202218 March, 2022 Turkey has positioned itself with great care to be the go-between with Russia and Ukraine … Continue ReadingBREAKING: Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call—BBC
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish Medical Association protests against negligence of government Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 Following healthcare workers’ Turkey-wide 2-day strike on March 14 Doctor’s Day and yesterday (March 15), … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Association protests against negligence of government
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Ford initiates massive battery plant in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 Ford plans to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in Turkey with South Korean battery maker SK … Continue ReadingFord initiates massive battery plant in Turkey
Categories Economy Finance HIGHLIGHTS Turkey Central Bank, sorry, Erdogan leaves policy rate unchanged, currency under pressure again Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has decided to hold interest rates at … Continue ReadingTurkey Central Bank, sorry, Erdogan leaves policy rate unchanged, currency under pressure again
Categories Business Company & Industry HIGHLIGHTS Turkish automotive production and exports fell in the first two months of 2022 Cem CetingucPosted on17 March, 2022 According to the January-February data of the Automotive Industry Association (OSD), total automotive production decreased … Continue ReadingTurkish automotive production and exports fell in the first two months of 2022
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Dr Murat Ucer: Turkish Inflation and the Five Stages of Grief Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 One of the unwelcome consequences of the stronger than expected post-Covid recovery of the global … Continue ReadingDr Murat Ucer: Turkish Inflation and the Five Stages of Grief
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Asli Aydintasbas: Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 When Armenia suffered a devastating defeat in its short war with Azerbaijan in November 2020, … Continue ReadingAsli Aydintasbas: Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics President Erdogan: Turkey will not send any refugees back Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2022 Ankara will not send any refugees taking shelter in Turkey back to their countries, President Recep … Continue ReadingPresident Erdogan: Turkey will not send any refugees back
Categories Economy Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Y.F. Macro Focus: CBRT’s advance dividend and reserve funds supported budget Cem CetingucPosted on15 March, 2022 In February, budget gave a surplus of TRY69.7bn (Feb.21: TRY-23.2bn, Jan.22: TRY+30bn). Despite, there was no … Continue ReadingY.F. Macro Focus: CBRT’s advance dividend and reserve funds supported budget
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’s annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), the agency responsible for producing official statistics on Turkey, has shared the … Continue ReadingTurkey’s annual producer inflation in agriculture tops 68 percent