Turkey

  • Jun 20, 2011
  • 2 min read

Regulation insufficient to curb Turkey's loan growth

Turkey's banking regulator said today it would increase charges for banks that exceed a new limit...

Turkey
  • Jun 14, 2011
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Turkey in the third quarter

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, re-elected on June 12 after his conservative Justice and...

Turkey
  • Jun 13, 2011
  • 2 min read

Reduced majority curbs AKP reform plans in Turkey

The results of Turkey's parliamentary elections indicate that Erdogan's Justice and...

Turkey
  • Jun 9, 2011
  • 4 min read

Erdogan's ambition faces electoral test in Turkey

General elections are being held on June 12. While polls indicate that the Justice and...

Turkey
  • Jun 3, 2011
  • 2 min read

Outside pressure will not curb Syrian state repression

A number of disparate overseas oppositionists and a few protestors from Syria itself concluded a...

Syria
  • May 25, 2011
  • 6 min read

Slower Turkish growth may not eliminate imbalances

Capacity utilisation in the manufacturing industry was 75.2% in May, according to figures...

Turkey
  • May 13, 2011
  • 6 min read

Arab Spring offers Islamists opportunities to advance

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) reiterated yesterday that it will not field a candidate in...

Middle East
  • May 2, 2011
  • 7 min read

Time running out for Turkish Bank's unorthodox stance

The Central Bank on April 28 issued its quarterly inflation report, highlighting the likely...

Turkey