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Assembling increases in Turkey’s industry, lowering internally generated production

• 12 Ekim 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, October/ 12/2015 When machinery and equipment, intermediate goods, raw material, anything that a business requires for its production (i.e. its supply chain) are owned…Read more →

Sleepless nights over Turkey’s foreign currency deficit

• 5 Ekim 2015
• Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, October/05/2015 From the businessperson to the politician, from the debtor to the creditor, everybody’s eyes are on the dollar… These days the dollar is around…Read more →

Brazil and Turkey, two countries with a common fate…

• 28 Eylül 2015
• Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

Mustafa Sönmez,  Hürriyet Daily News, September/28/2015 While the world is watching the “emerging” periphery countries, the most fragile ones are Russia, Brasil and Turkey. South Africa is sometimes considered as well.…Read more →

Debt burden on Turkey’s industry becoming heavier

• 21 Eylül 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, September /21/2015 Turkey’s economy has experienced serious financial fluctuations since the second half of 2013. These troubles continued and increased in 2014 and 2015.…Read more →

Loans of households exceed sectors in Turkey

• 14 Eylül 2015
• English, Genel

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, September/14 /2015  Turkey’s economy has been going through serious financial fluctuations since the second half of 2013 and this is continuing. Even if industrial firms…Read more →

Has Turkey fallen out of the G-20 league due to low growth?

• 7 Eylül 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafaf Sönmez Hürriyet Daily News, September/ 07 /2015 Turkey is unable to escape the low-growth path it has been stuck in since 2012. This situation of low-growth of around 3…Read more →

China’s economic earthquake also shakes Turkey

• 31 Ağustos 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News/ August/ 31 /2015 China is a huge country accommodating almost 20 percent of the world population. It is a country that has been occupying…Read more →

Will a 3-lira dollar lead to an economic crisis in Turkey?

• 24 Ağustos 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

  Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, August-24-2015 There has been an acceleration in foreign investors’ exit from the Turkish market after coalition options failed, conflicts escalated in southeastern Anatolia…Read more →

Turkey’s banks at ease while industry stresses

• 17 Ağustos 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

  Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, August/ 17 /2015  Turkey’s economy is going through a tough period with the buildup of risks in the economic, political and geopolitical climate. Nevertheless,…Read more →

Turkish economy continues to accumulate political and economic risks

• 10 Ağustos 2015
• Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

  Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News/ August /10 /2015 Turkey’s economy is considered a highly resilient one by many market observers, analysts and representatives of credit rating agencies, as…Read more →

The jaw-dropping profits of Istanbul housing

• 3 Ağustos 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, August /3/2016  Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), each month announces the returns for investments; the yields are calculated net of inflation and are shown as…Read more →

Iran-Turkey: Potentials and risks

• 31 Temmuz 2015
• Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, July /27/ 2015 When Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security…Read more →

Employment in Turkey ahead of growth: Is this a new wave of unemployment?

• 20 Temmuz 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

  Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News  July/20/2015 Unemployment has started climbing again after the 2012-2014 period, which can be called a “low-growth period” with an average growth of 3…Read more →

Will the Greek disease infect Turkey?

• 13 Temmuz 2015
• Araştırma - Haber, English

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News, July/13/2015   The  Greek people have said “Oxi – No” to the bitter pill of the European Union’s program of belt-tightening. Greeks, who have…Read more →

An unpleasant first half for the tourism sector

• 9 Temmuz 2015
• English, Genel

Mustafa Sönmez - Hürriyet Daily News,  July/06/2015 Tourism, the most important sector that earns foreign currency for Turkey, is having an unpleasant season. This has both internal and external reasons.…Read more →