Treasury and Finance Minister Albayrak’s comments yesterday on the Turkish economy appeared rather puzzling and perhaps to some degree amusing […]
Nobody made a movie like “Crazy Rich Asians” about Turkey’s conspicuous consumption habits, but my countrymen and women were as […]
I’m not a Turk, but have lived here long enough to acquire a rudimentary understanding of the innerworkings of Turkish […]
No doubt Turkey went through a very severe currency crisis in 2018 triggered by significant imbalances in the country’s macro-economic indicators […]
Target Price 23.45 TL Robust top-line contribution from relatively higher margin international operations and net fx gain supported the results […]
Turkey’s central bank has for the fourth time this year sharply raised its end-year CPI inflation forecast to 23.5%. The […]
The modern day economic theory might be as puzzling as it can get. Like in the case when the Nobel […]
Increased concerns about the health of the global economy supported sales in risky assets. The European benchmark index STOXX 600 […]
Eric J. Zürcher, a leading expert on Turkey, said in an interview with Ahval that only an economic crisis could […]
State statistics office announced Turkey’s September consumer price inflation (CPI ) at 6.3 percent on monthly basis bringing the 12 […]
Nothing unexpected happened; yet, there was a profound change. The Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday raised its key interest rate […]
According to Ed Ballard of penews.com, two flagship Turkish private equity funds “Actera Group and Turkven Private Equity, neither of […]
Promises are whispered in the age of darkness Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the […]
The Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Board held its first meeting since the June 24th elections today. After the spike in […]
Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, the son-in law of President Erdogan took stage on the global arena for his […]
Scanning through foreign newspapers this morning, President Erdogan’s oath taking in parliament with his enhanced presidential powers appears all over […]
June inflation reading came in so bad that one does not even want to write the details. Despite an average […]
Credits are a very important indicator to measure the health of the private sector and the general course of the […]
As Turkey has switched to the presidential government system following the June 24 election that empowered President Erdogan, the details […]
Turkish voters are holding their breaths and watching live the results of the critical June 24 election. The election turnout […]
Below is the article of our columnist Guldem Atabay’s article published in Ahval News on Turkey’s future prospects for an […]
Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) Eurasia administrative council director Orhan Okmen who always speaks frankly about the Turkish economy, in […]
Today the first quarter GDP and the April balance of payments data were released in Turkey. Both point to how […]
Here is our columnist Guldem Atabay Sanli’s latest comments on the central bank’s rate hike of 300 basis points delivered […]
The Central Bank of Turkey’s Monetary Policy Council had an emergency meeting and delivered 300 bps rate hike that the market […]
In an article published at Washington Post, Matt O’Brien a reporter for Wonkblog covering economic affairs, commented on President Erdogan’s Bloomberg […]
As President Erdoğan marches into his second day of meetings in the UK neither protests nor do comments on the […]
“Once his strongest point, economy has become the biggest trouble of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and one of the […]
Selva Demiralp, a well-respected economist, scholar and columnist in Turkey, has given an interview to Hurriyet Daily News. Below we […]
Our columnist Güldem Atabay Şanlı wrote on the recent unfortunate developments in the Turkish economy at Ahval News. Below, we […]
T24 columnist and economist Baris Soydan penciled an eye opening article this week. Forbes magazine ranks Turkey’s confectionery mogul Murat […]
Following its peak of 104.9 in January, Turkey’s Econoic Confidence Index (ECI) slid for the third consecutive month in April […]
Turkey is one of the rare countries where the announcement of a snap election is jubilated by investors. If the […]
We now all know that Turkey’s deteriorating economy has played a major role in President’s Erdogan’s call for a very […]
PA Intelligence commissioned me to write this article just before Christmas, but in the process of “intelligence gathering”; I got […]
Turkstat announced a bitter surprise for inflation-wary citizens of Turkey on 3rd of November. In October final prices rose by […]
After working as a legal business development professional for over five years in Istanbul, Turkey, I came away with these […]
The Middle East is witnessing a total makeover that may change the rules of war, peace and stability not only […]
Turkey’s stock market, now renamed BIST from ISE is one of top performers among the high-flying Emerging Markets universe. Driven […]
Finally, the administration provided a detailed account of how the CGF loans were used. Credit Guarantee Fund (CGF) Allocation and […]
Amidst rising noise from Ankara that interest rates are too high to sustain growth, Turkey’s Central Bank (CBRT) refused to […]
History only repeats, when one doesn’t learn from past mistakes. This maxim fully applies to the Turkish government which just […]
After a slow year, punctuated by an abortive coup attempt and a near-crisis with the currency, Turkey seems to have […]
2016 was a brutal year for Turkey. It seemed as if nothing could go right: the country was hit by […]
If branded polls are to be believed, AKP is riding high on a massive surge of support since the presidential […]
