Mehmet Şimşek

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

Turkish banking regulator’s wedding gifts trigger investigation

Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) Deputy Chairman Mustafa Aydın is under scrutiny for accepting substantial wedding gifts from…

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.…

2 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

Without CBRT intervention, USD/TL could be 27 Instead of 32

The Central Bank of Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) which sold foreign currency from its reserves to prevent the US dollar…

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

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…

7 months 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…

7 months 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…

7 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