Mehmet Şimşek

Erdoğan uses constitution debate as a smokescreen to obscure problems

President Tayyip Erdoğan is using the constitutional amendment as a smokescreen to obscure and distract attention from the major problems…

5 days ago

Two challenges of Şimşek: tax reform and public sector savings

The local elections are over. Not as the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan intended, but as opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel…

6 days ago

WB on Turkish inflation: patience is hard but the alternative is worse

The World Bank has been on the agenda in Türkiye for two reasons nowadays. First, because it decided to provide…

2 weeks 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…

4 months ago

The crime files of a Turkish “social media influencer”, Dilan Polat

Dilan Polat, who gained fame and made much money in a short time as a "social media influencer" (with 6,8…

6 months ago

Will Türkiye print larger banknotes again amid inflation?

Türkiye may print 500 and 1000 Turkish Lira banknotes amid increasing inflation and currency crisis. This time last year, former…

8 months ago

Resurgence of inflation in Türkiye: Turn to rationality or a red light

On August 3, Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced a consumer price index increase of 9.5 percent for July, which is…

9 months ago

Turkish people hit by a storm of tax and fee hikes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed a series of presidential decrees that raise the value-added tax (VAT) rate from…

10 months ago

Erdoğan: interest rates may go up but my policy remains same

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the appointment of Mehmet Şimşek as Treasury Minister should not be contemplated as…

11 months ago

Can Gaye Erkan keep up with her position as CBRT governor?

With her exceptional education, extensive experience, and youthful dynamism, Hafize Gaye Erkan sparked enthusiasm at home as well as abroad…

11 months ago