Turkey
Turkey posts official November monthly inflation at below 1%
Another eyebrow-raiser from stats body TUIK.
Turkey’s CDS fall to pre-2018 crisis levels
"Orthodox" economic managers have ensured the finance industry is provided with an attractive real return.
PMI data “provide hope” Turkish manufacturing will see better fortunes at turn of year
Though it brought another contraction, November was best month since February, S&P says.
Turkey releases official GDP growth for 3Q at 3.7% y/y
1Q and 2Q outcomes revised up.
Free leader Ocalan or peace process will grind to halt, PKK warns Turkey
Talks will also fail without constitutional recognition of Kurdish people by Ankara, says commander.
Istanbul prosecutors delete UAE spy ring tweet after call from Emirati attorney general
Replacement tweet does not identify any countries.
Kyiv hits Russia’s sanction-evading shadow fleet in Black Sea off Turkey
Ukraine has intensified its campaign against Russia’s oil trade by striking two tankers linked to Moscow’s sanction-evading maritime network in the Black Sea.
Trump looking at plan to send Maduro into exile in Turkey, report says
Venezuelan leader and Turkish president Erdogan have good relations, address each other as “brother”.
Could Russia come to accept Turkish boots on the ground in Ukraine ceasefire?
As always with Moscow-Ankara relations, it’s complicated.
Maduro bans six airlines after carriers halt Venezuela flights amid US warning
Venezuela has stripped six international airlines of their operating permits after the carriers suspended services to Caracas in response to American warnings about military operations in the region.
Iraq flags influencers as high-risk amid money-laundering concerns
Iraq’s central bank has instructed banks and financial institutions to classify social-media influencers and online celebrities as high-risk clients.
Two big-name Turkish textile firms declare bankruptcy amid turmoil
Rising costs, currency volatility and mounting tariff and non-tariff barriers sink enterprises. Some are fleeing to lower-cost Egypt.
Turkey seizes fintech Paybull in illegal betting prosecution
Owners accused of catering to illegal betting schemes for money laundering purposes.
Demographic shifts threaten long-term growth in Emerging Europe, EBRD warns
Economies are "getting old before they get rich” as labour shortages, rising pension costs and declining working-age populations take their toll on region.
Erdogan officials make move against second politician with chance of taking president's crown
Permission to prosecute Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas granted. Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu remains sat in jail.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Erdogan murders Turkish economy, asks ‘Why are there no children?’
President blames everything under the sun for crisis except for his long years of economic destruction.
Spurs make Turkish clinic official hair transplant partner. Will they still play a high line?
Football club releases feel-good film to announce agreement.
Two more opposition mayors join Turkey’s ruling AKP
Serial defector attempts to kiss Erdogan's hand.
Turkey world’s 10th most criminalised country, says ranking
Biennial Global Organized Crime Index assesses 193 countries.
Turkey seizes fintech IQ Money in illegal betting prosecution
Twenty six suspects detained. Deposit insurance fund TMSF asked to take over yet another company.