Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan: Interest rates will be lowered to single digits; main opposition CHP behind the retired admirals declaration Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 Turkish President Erdoğan said a declaration by over 100 retired naval admirals at the weekend … Continue ReadingErdogan: Interest rates will be lowered to single digits; main opposition CHP behind the retired admirals declaration
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Fukuyama: Droning On in the Middle East Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 Back in the early 2010s when I first started playing with drones, I speculated in the FT that … Continue ReadingFukuyama: Droning On in the Middle East
Categories HYPED Politics First CAATSA sanctions officially in effect Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 April, 2021 The U.S. State Department has notified Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) … Continue ReadingFirst CAATSA sanctions officially in effect
Categories General HYPED Politics OPINION: 104 admirals, 42K cases, 16.2% inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 April, 2021 Police on April 5 detained 10 retired admirals after 104 of them signed a letter … Continue ReadingOPINION: 104 admirals, 42K cases, 16.2% inflation
Categories Business Politics Turkey to complain to WTO over informal Saudi boycott Cem CetingucPosted on31 March, 202131 March, 2021 Turkey is to take the semiofficial boycott by Saudi Arabia on made-in-Turkey goods to the … Continue ReadingTurkey to complain to WTO over informal Saudi boycott
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE (New case figures added): President Erdogan introduces new but mild curfew measures Güldem AtabayPosted on29 March, 202131 March, 2021 Turkey has recorded 37,303 new coronavirus cases in the space of 24 hours, the highest … Continue ReadingUPDATE (New case figures added): President Erdogan introduces new but mild curfew measures
Categories Economy Politics Erdogan starts a political earthquake in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2021 Vijay Prashad, Ahmet Tonak Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of … Continue ReadingErdogan starts a political earthquake in Turkey
Categories Economy Güldem Atabay Politics Erdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 202129 March, 2021 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shook international markets by firing the well-regarded governor of the … Continue ReadingErdoğan firing central bank governor gamble on snap elections
Categories Economy Politics Turkey’s economic mess is a policy failure rather than a divine test Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2021 David Lepeska President Recep Tayyip Erdogan subtly acknowledged the depth of Turkey’s financial woes in … Continue ReadingTurkey’s economic mess is a policy failure rather than a divine test
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Why Erdogan fired Turkey’s central bank governor Güldem AtabayPosted on26 March, 202127 March, 2021 Even some of the most ardent supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were truly … Continue ReadingWhy Erdogan fired Turkey’s central bank governor
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics DW: EU offers rewards for Erdogan’s “good behavior” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 March, 2021 EU leaders on Thursday offered the possibility of deepening trade ties with Turkey, they … Continue ReadingDW: EU offers rewards for Erdogan’s “good behavior”
Categories Politics David Gardner: Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 March, 2021 The most contentious debate in Turkish politics is not about the raging epidemic, deepening poverty … Continue ReadingDavid Gardner: Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Real Turkey Channel: How Erdogan Killed the Turkish Eeconomy in 10 Days? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 March, 2021 How Erdogan killed the Turkish economy in 10 days? Between Monday and … Continue ReadingReal Turkey Channel: How Erdogan Killed the Turkish Eeconomy in 10 Days?
Categories Politics NATO Summit: Turkey tells members to “live with S-400s” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 March, 2021 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken … Continue ReadingNATO Summit: Turkey tells members to “live with S-400s”
Categories Politics Erdogan slipping in polls explains much of the turmoil in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 March, 2021 With twin shocks announced in the dead of night, President Tayyip Erdogan sacked Turkey’s central … Continue ReadingErdogan slipping in polls explains much of the turmoil in Turkey
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Sinan Ulgen*: The Politics Behind Erdogan’s Central Bank Decision Güldem AtabayPosted on23 March, 202123 March, 2021 On the same day that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked Naci Agbal, his third central … Continue ReadingSinan Ulgen*: The Politics Behind Erdogan’s Central Bank Decision
Categories Politics EU Observer: EU report on Turkey includes possible tourism sanctions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 March, 2021 Europe should be ready to kick Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan where it hurts (in … Continue ReadingEU Observer: EU report on Turkey includes possible tourism sanctions
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey leaves Istanbul Convention aimed at protecting women from violence Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 March, 2021 Turkey has left the Istanbul Convention designed to protect women against violence and combatting against … Continue ReadingTurkey leaves Istanbul Convention aimed at protecting women from violence
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians Güldem AtabayPosted on18 March, 2021 The indictment prepared for the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the Turkish … Continue ReadingTurkish prosecutor seeks political ban on 687 pro-Kurdish politicians
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: HDP closure case in Turkey: is this a democracy reform? Güldem AtabayPosted on17 March, 2021 Hours after the removal of one of its MPs, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from the parliament … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: HDP closure case in Turkey: is this a democracy reform?
