Turkey

  • Aug 6, 2018
  • 7 min read

Costly food will spotlight neglect of Turkish farming

Turkey has a large and diverse agriculture with significant exports, but food security will need better policies

Turkey
  • Aug 3, 2018
  • 2 min read

Turkey’s food will be expensive for foreseeable future

Dearer food will become salient politically but the problem seems too long-term to allow quick-fit solutions

Turkey
  • Aug 1, 2018
  • 2 min read

Turkey faces multiple pressures in Syria’s Idlib

After talks in Sochi, the Syrian government is looking north -- and Russian denials are ambiguous

Syria
  • Aug 1, 2018
  • 2 min read

Erdogan may bring erratic Central Bank to heel

With the TCMB veering between Erdogan and market expectations, a trial of strength with the president may follow

Turkey
  • Jul 24, 2018
  • 2 min read

Lobbying of economic policy will hit Turkey’s growth

Concerns about political inference in monetary policy will increase after the bank unexpectedly left rates on hold

Turkey
  • Jul 24, 2018
  • 2 min read

Iran-Iraq-Turkey power and water woes will multiply

With shared rivers hit by mismanagement, drought and climate change, irrigation and hydroelectricity face new challenges

Iran
  • Jul 23, 2018
  • 7 min read

Turkish electric car project will need foreign support

A newly established consortium aims to fulfil Erdogan’s long-held wish to design and launch a Turkish car

Turkey
  • Jul 18, 2018
  • 7 min read

Turkey’s government revolution promises a bumpy ride

The new system is designed to have Erdogan and his staff control everything from the presidential palace

Turkey