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Is Turkey’s wealth fund becoming a crisis shelter? (Al Monitor, June 22, 2020)

• 23 Haziran 2020
• English, Makale

Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund has gained control of the country’s biggest mobile phone operator, Turkcell, in its largest acquisition since its controversial creation in 2016, raising anticipation of more takeovers…Read more →

Turkey’s economic turmoil imposing early polls on Erdogan (Al-Monitor, June 15 2020)

• 18 Haziran 2020
• English, Makale

Turkey’s economic woes, compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, are increasingly forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to consider early elections, leaving him stuck between pressure to reassert his leadership and fear…Read more →

Turkish soccer gears up for return, haunted by financial woes (Al Monitor, June 10 2020)

• 13 Haziran 2020
• English, Makale

Top-tier clubs in soccer-crazy Turkey are set to return to action June 12 after a three-month pause over COVID-19, but the country’s soccer industry is facing a bleak future as…Read more →

Turkey’s megaprojects threaten ‘mega’ financial havoc (Al Monitor, June 1, 2020)

• 2 Haziran 2020
• English, Makale

Turkey’s “megaprojects” — a slew of multibillion-dollar infrastructure investments that Ankara has showcased as a hallmark of its economic success — are increasingly turning into a financial quagmire under the combined impact…Read more →

COVID-19 ravages Turkey’s vital clothing, textile industry (Al Monitor, May 20, 2020)

• 22 Mayıs 2020
• English, Makale

Turkey’s clothing and textile industry — the most crucial branch of the country’s economy in terms of production, exports and employment — has emerged as the worst-hit industrial sector in the coronavirus pandemic,…Read more →

Why is Turkey prioritizing shopping malls in reopening plan? (Al Monitor, May 8, 2020)

• 17 Mayıs 2020
• English, Makale

The Turkish government’s plan for a May-June transition to a “new normal” in the COVID-19 pandemic has come under fire for prioritizing the reopening of shopping malls amid concerns over…Read more →

Low projections dim Ankara’s high hopes for tourism recovery (Al Monitor, 1 Mayıs 2020)

• 4 Mayıs 2020
• English, Makale

Turkey’s government is drawing up plans to reopen the pandemic-hit tourism sector, a vital source of hard-currency revenues for the ailing economy, but “new normal” formulas for travel and accommodation could…Read more →

COVID-19 crisis stokes fear of food insecurity in Turkey (Al Monitor, April 24 2020)

• 29 Nisan 2020
• English, Makale

Turkey’s long-running problem of agricultural shortages and food inflation could worsen under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the government has relied on imports to fill the gaps instead…Read more →

Erdogan’s dream airport in dire straits amid pandemic (Al Monitor, April 22 2020)

• 24 Nisan 2020
• English, Makale

Istanbul’s new mega airport — a pet project of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — has plunged into dire straits only a year after it became operational as the aviation industry…Read more →

COVID-19 crisis threatens to double Turkey’s unemployed (Al Monitor, April 10, 2020)

• 10 Nisan 2020
• English, Makale

The coronavirus crisis appears bound to leave Turkey with some 10 million people out of work, doubling the country’s pre-pandemic unemployment count. Even more alarmingly, many of those losing jobs…Read more →

Tourkey offers fresh money to companies, seeks donations for the poor amid coronavirus crisis (Al Monitor, April 2, 2020)

• 3 Nisan 2020
• English, Makale

In a move that has stunned millions expecting government support against the COVID-19 crisis, Ankara has launched a campaign to collect donations from the public, lacking the funds to provide…Read more →

Turks demand ‘helicopter money’ as coronavirus crisis worsens(Al Monitor, March 30,2020)

• 3 Nisan 2020
• English, Makale

Article Summary Turkey’s government faces growing pressure for direct cash injections to support the vulnerable masses as the coronavirus outbreak threatens grave fallout for the already ailing Turkish economy. Onur…Read more →

Ankara’s economic measures bring little relief against virus crisis Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/turkey-coronavirus-aid-package-bring-little-relief-economy.(Al Monitor, March 23, 2020)

• 27 Mart 2020
• English, Makale

Governments across the world have sprung into desperate action to curb the massive economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, but the efficiency of the measures remains largely uncertain in the…Read more →

Is Turkey ready for social distancing?(Al Monitor, March 19, 2020)

• 27 Mart 2020
• English, Makale

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the concept of social distancing has gained popularity, bringing with it two important questions: Do countries have sufficient technological infrastructure to implement the concept? And how many…Read more →

Coronavirus climbs up Turkey’s economic risk ladder (Al Monitor, March 12, 2020)

• 14 Mart 2020
• English, Makale

The global fallout from the coronavirus outbreak is turning up pressure on the struggling Turkish economy, which has long been stuck in a roller coaster of domestic and foreign tensions.…Read more →