Turkey

  • Jul 9, 2013
  • 7 min read

Turkish economy will lose low political-risk status

Following the anti-government protests which rocked Turkey in May and June, investors will pay...

Turkey
  • Jul 8, 2013
  • 7 min read

Iraqi Kurdish election delay stabilises KRG politics

The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq, Massoud Barzani, yesterday made...

Iraq
  • Jul 8, 2013
  • 2 min read

Turkey's Central Bank tightens as lira falls further

The TCMB is embarking on "strong, additional monetary tightening", it announced this morning.

Turkey
  • Jul 4, 2013
  • 2 min read

Turkey's Erdogan is still distrusted over Taksim plans

An Istanbul court has forbidden redeveloping Taksim Square and Gezi Park, media reported yesterday.

Turkey
  • Jul 3, 2013
  • 7 min read

Domestic fallout hampers Turkey's Syria policy

Ankara has denied a report by Human Rights Watch published on July 1 that said Turkey, among...

Turkey
  • Jul 2, 2013
  • 6 min read

Liquidity exit hits Europe's emerging markets hard

By June 28, exchange rates and bond yields in Europe's emerging markets had recovered somewhat...

Europe
  • Jul 1, 2013
  • 2 min read

Turkish premier will return to Kurdish rapprochement

Riot police dispersed a Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) demonstration yesterday in Diyarbakir,...

Turkey
  • Jun 27, 2013
  • 2 min read

Adriatic option gets pipeline for Azerbaijani gas

The BP/SOCAR/Statoil/Total consortium developing the Caspian Shah Deniz II gasfield has chosen...

Azerbaijan