Mark Bentley

@MarkABentley

Journalist/analyst. Ex-Turkey bureau chief and head of European investment news for Bloomberg. Retweets not endorsement

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  1. Nov 1

    Turkish trade deficit smallest since 2001 crisis | Ahval Significant number, if confirmed, especially with the strong exports/total trade volume growing rapidly under AKP. Also shows how much demand contracting, hence jump to tax cuts yday

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  2. Oct 31

    “I’ll protect you from the hooded claw, keep the vampires from your door...”

    President Erdoğan: "Work has commenced for the establishment of a national long-range regional air missile defence system."
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  3. Oct 31

    Turkish economic confidence deteriorates, but at slower pace | Ahval There are tentative signs of a recovery in Turkish economic sentiment. Are we reaching the bottom?

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    Oct 30

    Jamal 's fiancee told me she expected everyone involved in the murder, from top to bottom, to face justice. In an emotional interview, “We didn’t say any goodbyes. There was no closure. I was killed over and over again,” she said

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  5. Oct 29

    This list on Wikipedia shows the new airport as Istanbul New Airport and its code as ISL. The code also appears on the Turkish Airlines website

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  6. Oct 29

    Turkish President Erdogan to open new mega airport today, to be named Recep Tayyip Erdogan Airport (?)

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  7. Retweeted
    Oct 27

    Cumhurbaşkanımızın ev sahipliğinde yapılan İstanbul Zirvesi’nin önemli sonuçları: -Suriye’nin toprak bütünlüğünün ve siyasi birliğinin korunması, -İdlib Mutabakatının kalıcı bir ateşkes haline getirilmesi, -Anayasa komisyonunun bu yıl sonunda toplanması,

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  8. Oct 26

    Istanbul’s mega airport has very humble beginnings... It seems Turkish Airlines only scheduling 1 flight a day to/from the 4 destinations it mentions once Erdogan opens it on Oct. 29 (to much fanfare)

    Istanbul mega-airport flight plan indicates construction far from over
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  9. Retweeted
    Oct 25

    I'm not saying Turkey and Argentina are the same, but have they ever been seen in a room together?

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  10. Oct 25

    Lira rallies 1% as central bank keeps rates on hold Perhaps some betting we’re getting to the end of Turkey’s upward inflation/rates cycle and local bond market consequently looks more attractive. Benchmark 10y/stocks gaining October inflation figures now even more critical

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  11. Oct 25

    Erdoğan chairs first meeting of top economic policy board | Ahval Kind of a coincidence (or not?) that this occurs on the same day that the central bank meets on rates

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  12. Oct 25

    If anyone in Turkey or elsewhere is looking for an alternative investment vehicle, why not try a virtual stock market of the world’s top footballers Jordy Alba of Barcelona is currently up 9.8% at £2.40 a share! Man Utd’s Paul Pogba down 1.7%

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  13. Oct 25

    Of course Erdogan, a great defender of life, liberty and the free press, wants this terrible murder solved and the killers punished. Nothing else matters

    WOW I missed this NYT reporting from Monday:…
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  14. Retweeted
    Oct 23

    That Turkey not US voices outrage over Khashoggi hints at changing world order. My piece. via

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    Oct 23

    Opinion | What Erdogan didn’t say about Jamal Khashoggi may matter more than what he said

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  16. Oct 22

    You’d have thought whoever the impersonator was, he’d have a good hair cut first. Khashoggi was almost bald...

    EXCLUSIVE Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says All credit to the brilliant - when she calls you at 5am to say you need to stay on to work on a story with her...…
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  17. Retweeted
    Oct 22

    The lesson being: jail more reporters than anyone else and you can enjoy message discipline

    Throughout Erdogan’s rule since 2002, I have never seen such coordinated, sophisticated and more or less precise media messaging and leaks. Turkey is trying to teach a lesson to Saudis as well as Americans and…
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  18. Retweeted
    Oct 22

    My latest: for years spontaneous protests erupted in villages all over Turkey against power plants, roads, mines or dams deemed destructive for the environment. The news is that, against all odds, many of them are winning.

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  19. Oct 22

    I’m no security expert but why all the loose ends. Dumped car, traces of blood/DNA etc. Makes great (gruesome) reading but so does a crime novel with suitably careless criminals

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  20. Oct 22

    Instead this clever chap apparently dumps the clothes in a bin right near the hotel where he was staying. Seems a bit amateurish for Saudi intelligence...

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