Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdoğan slams US campus protests amidst own bans Cem CetingucPosted on3 May, 2024
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Inflation will decline after May: Şimşek Cem CetingucPosted on3 May, 20243 May, 2024
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS CBRT: Current course poses an upside risk to the inflation outlook Güldem AtabayPosted on3 May, 2024
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Turkish inflation nears 70 percent and more to come in May Güldem AtabayPosted on3 May, 20243 May, 2024
EU Chief highlights Turkey’s eastern mediterranean role European Council President Charles Michel expressed Brussel’s willingness to collaborate constructively with Türkiye, citing shared interests in … Continue ReadingEU Chief highlights Turkey’s eastern mediterranean role
Categories General HYPED Tim Ash: Russia is losing Ukraine Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 Bad tactics, crap equipment, and inexperienced troops suffering low morale fighting in a country which … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Russia is losing Ukraine
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 General HYPED Politics AKP and MHP tweak the election system, will it avert disaster for Erdogan? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 March, 2022 After months of elaborations, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and their … Continue ReadingAKP and MHP tweak the election system, will it avert disaster for Erdogan?
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 Emerging Markets HYPED IMF: War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2022 A new IMF blog by Christian Bogmans, Jeff Kearns, Andrea Pescatori and Ervin Prifti concludes … Continue ReadingIMF: War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest
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 Emerging Markets Markets Emerging Markets: Forget the BRICS and look at TICKS or MIST? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 For many years, the world’s most popular emerging markets have been the so-called BRICS: Brazil, … Continue ReadingEmerging Markets: Forget the BRICS and look at TICKS or MIST?
Categories General HYPED Selim Yenel: Can Russia’s War on Ukraine Drive Turkey and the West to Reconcile? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world and is changing Europe’s landscape. President Vladimir … Continue ReadingSelim Yenel: Can Russia’s War on Ukraine Drive Turkey and the West to Reconcile?
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
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED UN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned that Russia’s invasion attempt of Ukraine is … Continue ReadingUN: Ukraine war hurting poor nations amid food rising prices
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics 11 mn people in Turkey qualify for state financial aid up from 4.4 mn in 2020 Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 11.37 million people in Turkey, or over 13% of the country’s population, received state financial … Continue Reading11 mn people in Turkey qualify for state financial aid up from 4.4 mn in 2020
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opposition says new election draft law only benefits incumbent alliance Güldem AtabayPosted on15 March, 2022 Leading Turkish opposition figures have condemned the ruling alliance’s draft election law, saying that the … Continue ReadingOpposition says new election draft law only benefits incumbent alliance
Categories Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Tim Ash: The West should provide financial support to Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 It is pretty clear that Russia will, and indeed is, using Turkey, and particularly its … Continue ReadingTim Ash: The West should provide financial support to Turkey
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Central Bank of Turkey to stay put in Thursday’s MPC, but rumors suggest rate hike Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Turkey’s central bank is expected to hold its policy rate at 14% this week, a … Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Turkey to stay put in Thursday’s MPC, but rumors suggest rate hike
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Treasury reports surplus in February, but how? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2022 Turkey’s government reported a budget surplus for a second consecutive month in February after the … Continue ReadingTreasury reports surplus in February, but how?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Election law draft submitted to Parliament: Ruling alliance to lower electoral threshold Güldem AtabayPosted on14 March, 2022 The election law draft jointly prepared by the ruling People’s Alliance was submitted to the … Continue ReadingElection law draft submitted to Parliament: Ruling alliance to lower electoral threshold