Categories Emerging Markets HYPED S&P cuts emerging markets growth outlook as Ukraine adds to inflation pressure Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 April, 2022 S&P Global Ratings trimmed its growth forecast for emerging economies to 4% in 2022, saying … Continue ReadingS&P cuts emerging markets growth outlook as Ukraine adds to inflation pressure
Categories Finance HYPED JP Morgan: CBRT remains firmly motionless Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 April, 2022 As widely expected, the CBRT left its key policy rate unchanged at 14.0%. Also, as … Continue ReadingJP Morgan: CBRT remains firmly motionless
Categories General HYPED Syria: US Backed Kurds and Assad’s army rejoin clashes Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 April, 2022 U.S. backed Kurdish-led forces tightened the siege on neighborhoods under the control of the Syrian … Continue ReadingSyria: US Backed Kurds and Assad’s army rejoin clashes
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED GMF: Turkish Perceptions of the EU Cem CetingucPosted on14 April, 2022 The “Turkish Perceptions of the European Union” public opinion survey, conducted by The German Marshall … Continue ReadingGMF: Turkish Perceptions of the EU
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Adam Tooze: Ukraine’s War Has Already Changed the World’s Economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 April, 2022 For NATO and the West’s relations with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine … Continue ReadingAdam Tooze: Ukraine’s War Has Already Changed the World’s Economy
Categories Business General HYPED Cyprus Mail: Nuland sounds death knell for EastMed pipeline Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2022 Prospects for the EastMed pipeline suffered what seems like a final blow on Thursday as … Continue ReadingCyprus Mail: Nuland sounds death knell for EastMed pipeline
Categories Business General HYPED Wealthy Russians and oligarchs are reportedly gobbling up Turkish real estate for citizenship Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2022 Wealthy Russians, “some of them oligarchs,” are buying as many as 4 apartments in Turkey … Continue ReadingWealthy Russians and oligarchs are reportedly gobbling up Turkish real estate for citizenship
Categories Business HYPED Politics Murat Yetkin: Erdoğan ’s Eid Prayer in Mecca: Khashoggi bargain? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 April, 2022 On April 7 evening, pro-government media was in a celebratory mood. It was not because … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Erdoğan ’s Eid Prayer in Mecca: Khashoggi bargain?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Turkey to pursue armistice in Ukraine Cem CetingucPosted on8 April, 2022 Turkey is one of the most active countries working to ensure a permanent cease-fire between … Continue ReadingTurkey to pursue armistice in Ukraine
Categories General HYPED Pro-Russian oligarch kicked out of AKP Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 April, 2022 Russian oligarchs are the primary enablers of President Vladimir Putin’s kleptocratic authoritarianism, but they aren’t … Continue ReadingPro-Russian oligarch kicked out of AKP
Categories Economy HYPED Commentary: CPI inflation could test 70% mid-year Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 April, 2022 CPI inflation at 5.46% comes broadly in line with expectations in March and rises to … Continue ReadingCommentary: CPI inflation could test 70% mid-year
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Lebanon’s Deputy PM Declares Country Bankrupt Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 April, 2022 Lebanon’s Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh Al-Shami announced on Monday, “The state has gone bankrupt as … Continue ReadingLebanon’s Deputy PM Declares Country Bankrupt
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Nagorno-Karabakh crisis continues as Armenia determined to gain control Cem CetingucPosted on4 April, 2022 If Armenians stay in Karabakh under the Azerbaijani flag, it would represent an exception to … Continue ReadingNagorno-Karabakh crisis continues as Armenia determined to gain control
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HYPED S&P Global: Conflict Exacerbates Risks For Emerging Markets Credit Conditions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 April, 20224 April, 2022 The Russia-Ukraine military conflict is hampering already-feeble credit conditions in emerging markets (EMs), according to … Continue ReadingS&P Global: Conflict Exacerbates Risks For Emerging Markets Credit Conditions
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Turkey’s inflation at 61 percent in March Cem CetingucPosted on4 April, 2022 Yearly inflation in Turkey hit 61.14% in March, the country’s statistical authority said on Monday, … Continue ReadingTurkey’s inflation at 61 percent in March
Categories HYPED Politics Robert Ellis: Turkey Is Charting Its Own Path On Economics and Foreign Policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 April, 2022 Ahead of Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for June next year, President Recep Tayyip … Continue ReadingRobert Ellis: Turkey Is Charting Its Own Path On Economics and Foreign Policy
Categories General HYPED Politics Jerusalem Post: Turkey must do more to reach out to Israel and the US – opinion Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 April, 2022 Does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lay the groundwork for Turkey to have a genuine rapprochement … Continue ReadingJerusalem Post: Turkey must do more to reach out to Israel and the US – opinion
Categories General HYPED Another embarrassing U-turn from Erdogan: Selling out Khashoggi’s legacy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2022 Cover Photo: Hatice Cengiz—Fiancee of Adnan Khashoggi A Turkish prosecutor on Thursday asked an … Continue ReadingAnother embarrassing U-turn from Erdogan: Selling out Khashoggi’s legacy
Categories Economy HYPED Economic confidence hits 10 month low Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 March, 2022 Turkey’s economic confidence index decreased for the second consecutive month in March, the country’s statistical … Continue ReadingEconomic confidence hits 10 month low
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED Tim Ash: Is Putin on the brink of an extraordinary defeat? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 March, 2022 The market is getting optimistic (again) about peace talks in Turkey. The Ukrainian side have … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Is Putin on the brink of an extraordinary defeat?