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Local currencies recovering while the Turkish Lira fluctuates

9 Mayıs 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, May/09/2016 Uncertainties, doubts and the “wait-and-see” attitudes in the global economy have caused the local currencies of “emerging countries,” which includes Turkey, to heave a…Read more →

Differences and similarities between the economies of Brazil and Turkey

2 Mayıs 2016
Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, May/02/2016 Despite the differences that have emerged in the past two years, Brazil and Turkey are two countries that are economically comparable. Recently, efforts have…Read more →

Industrial investments continue to stagnate

25 Nisan 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez -Hürriyet Daily News, 25/4/2016 The loss of appetite in the Turkish economy since 2012 continues to be a problem, even if there was a slight recovery in 2015.…Read more →

Political shadow over the football industry

18 Nisan 2016
English, Genel

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, April/18/2016 The popular Simon Kuper book, “Football Against the Enemy,” was an analysis of the football-politics relationship and published in the U.K. in 1994. This…Read more →

Lack of appetite in investments persists in Turkey

11 Nisan 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, April/11/2016 Turkey’s economy has been slowing down for the last four years, although there was some recovery in 2015. The 2015 GDP data, which was…Read more →

Political climate obstructing growth

4 Nisan 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News April/04/2016 The onset of spring has seen a rally in emerging economies like Turkey, but the country’s political risks are likely to rule…Read more →

Turkey under the influence of hot international winds and cold domestic winds

28 Mart 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News March /28/ 2016 Interesting days have begun for Turkey and the like “emerging countries.” The central countries have loosened their monetary policies and money is…Read more →

How hot money might temporarily park in emerging markets

21 Mart 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, March/ 21/2016 Last year was regarded as a new milestone after the 2008-2009 crisis. The expansionary monetary policy adopted to overcome the crisis was to…Read more →

Be wary of ‘unseasonable spring’ in markets

14 Mart 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News March/14/2016 With the effect of foreigners entering the Borsa Istanbul, the dollar exchange rate, which had gone up to over 3 liras in mid-January, fluctuated…Read more →

Cost of Russian crisis continues to rise

7 Mart 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, March/07/2016 After Turkey shot down a Russian war plane along the Syrian border on Nov. 24, 2015, the Russian administration decided on a series of…Read more →

Construction again the hope of the economy in 2016

29 Şubat 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News,Februrary/29/2016 Turkey’s growth rate for last year will be disclosed at the end of March by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK). Estimates are that nearly 4 percent…Read more →

Top bosses paint a gray picture for the economy

22 Şubat 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, February/22/2016 The Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) has been the leading interlocutor of global economic players, although the association has lost some power during…Read more →

The course of events in the direction of double-digit inflation

15 Şubat 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, February/15/2016 While the average January increases in consumer prices is around 1 percent, the increase this January reached 1.82 percent, which was quite a surprise.…Read more →

Global energy plunge not producing lower prices in Turkey

8 Şubat 2016
Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez Hürriyet Daily News, February/08/2016 Turkey’s energy consumption has seen a sharp increase since 2003, hitting $40 billion annually with an average growth of 5 percent in the country’s…Read more →

Crises in emerging markets and China give frightening signals

3 Şubat 2016
Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, February/01/20116 The global economy entered 2016 with the image of weak recovery in developed countries. However, the weak and fragile outlook in emerging countries, of…Read more →