economy

Finance Minister: Controversial credit card fee is to fund ‘Steel Dome’

Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek stated that the additional fees to be collected through new proposal submitted to the parliament will…

1 month ago

Türkiye’s BRICS Bid: Why is Erdoğan’s visit being kept under wraps?

I was at the National Day reception at the Chinese Embassy in Ankara when Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Öncü Keçeli made…

2 months ago

Erdoğan’s economic gamble: Will tycoons feel the pinch too?

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz unveiled the Medium Term Program (MTP), outlining Ankara's economic roadmap for the next three years.…

3 months ago

TUIK confusion: “Which inflation did you base the rate cut on?”

Unless the Minister of Treasury and Finance or the Governor of the Central Bank is suddenly dismissed, as it happened…

4 months ago

Türkiye’s Finance Minister Şimşek: A de facto prime minister

I have no intention of targeting Mehmet Şimşek, the Minister of Treasury and Finance. Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)…

6 months ago

Türkiye announces major public spending cuts

In a bid to curb surging inflation and restore fiscal discipline, Türkish Finance Ministry unveiled an extensive savings plan aimed…

6 months ago

Turkish foreign policy’s driving force: Finance Minister Şimşek

Apart from the impulse to get out of the economic crisis, what other force, do you think, could have made…

9 months ago

CBRT’s inflation forecasts remains the same in 2024’s first report

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Governor Fatih Karahan, facing the cameras for the first time following…

10 months ago

CBRT governor faces backlash over family interference claims

The Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan is under spotlight over claims about her father interfering with bureaucratic affairs…

10 months ago

The devil lies in the details: The actual policy rate in Türkiye is not 42.5

This article is one of the most challenging ones that I have written for a newspaper or any other media…

11 months ago