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Mark Bentley

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Dec 20

Consumer debt +13.6% in 12 months to Dec. 12, according to CB, but inflation averaged 15.9% Nov. 2018-Nov. 2019. Loan growth may be accelerating now but where is it coming from? New loans? bank to bank transfers? Paying off credit cards? How cautious are consumers with new money?

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Dec 20

Lull in Turkey's consumer confidence underscores 2020 challenges Consumer confidence in Turkey this year was barely higher than 2018 (+0.1 to 58.8). Inflation and interest rates have halved but seems ordinary Turks continue to struggle

Lull in Turkey's consumer confidence underscores 2020 challenges | | Ahval

Consumer confidence in Turkey fell in December after two months of increases, ending the year barely changed from 2018, when a currency crisis ripped through the economy.

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Dec 19

Turkish construction firm Kalyon tops country ranking for second year Kalyon has almost doubled its contract value in two years. Who says there's a crisis in Turkey?

Turkish construction firm Kalyon tops country ranking for second year | | Ahval

Kalyon Inşaat topped a list of Turkey’s biggest construction companies for a second year.

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Dec 18

Turkish lira ‘liars’ should end up in court, columnist says The lira is heading for 5.2 per dollar again. Speculators and opportunists beware. You might 'lose your shirt'

Turkish lira ‘liars’ should end up in court, columnist says | | Ahval

People who spread falsehoods about negative prospects for the Turkish lira on social media should end up in court, said Dilek Güngör, a columnist for the Sabah newspaper.

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Dec 16

Turkey posts budget surplus as government pares back spending Signs of frugality last month

Turkey posts budget surplus as government pares back spending | | Ahval

Turkey reported a budget surplus of 7.78 billion liras ($1.33 billion) in November, an increase of 2.8 percent from the same month a year earlier.

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Mark Bentley

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Dec 13

Turkey's state-run banks will cut interest rates on commercial loans to single digits The borrowing bubble is set to expand. Lower rates and inflation will follow, is the message

Turkey’s state-run banks will cut commercial loan rates to single digits | | Ahval

Turkey’s state-run banks will reduce interest rates on all commercial loans to single figures, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said.

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Mark Bentley

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Dec 12

If the #bbc doesn’t sack

@bbclaurak

for her UK election reporting then it is sullying its own reputation as well. First Laura falsely claimed a Labour activist assaulted a Tory, then broke ‘news’ that Labour were doing badly in the postal vote. This isn’t journalism

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Dec 11

Apparently the BBC are trying to get the clip of Laura K incriminating herself removed from the internet. So, this

is the clip that you mustn't watch. And you shouldn't retweet it either. Thank you very much for your assistance in this delicate matter.

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Dec 12

Interesting that White House-backed legislators suddenly dropped their objections and let this through

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The Hill

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· Dec 12

#BREAKING: Senate passes Armenian genocide resolution despite Turkish opposition http://hill.cm/KWjdbrk

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Mark Bentley

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Dec 12

I guess this profit-taking conundrum could apply to some outside the country too. Perhaps

@M_PaulMcNamara

et al might have some thoughts

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Dec 12

Turks forced to sit on profits as foreigners say 'thanks, but no thanks' Well this kind of sums it up. Turkey does need a fresh narrative

Turks forced to sit on profits as foreign investors say ‘thanks, but no thanks’ | | Ahval

On the face of it things look great for Turks who invested in stocks and bonds over the past year.

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Dec 11

There are reports of Sabanci taking out a large loan before the TEMSA sale and leaving much of the cash in company accounts for new owner. Other reports say new owners set up Swiss investment fund 2 months before buying TEMSA. Workers apparently couldn't enter the factory today

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Dec 11

Temsa, one of Turkey's best-known companies, appears to be in financial difficulties Its takeover in May by a little-known Swiss investment firm is now prompting some questions

Top Turkish bus maker halts production after takeover by Swiss firm | | Ahval

TEMSA, a leading Turkish vehicle maker owned by little-known Swiss investment firm True Value Capital Partners, halted production due to financial problems, Dünya newspaper reported. Turkey’s main...

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Dec 9

I think you’re completely missing the point here, which is that Greece sees Turkey as a threat

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Ragıp Soylu

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· Dec 8

Greece is losing its shit over Turkey’s steps in the Mediterranean. And this is stupid. Because neither the state nor the public perceives Greece as a real threat. It is passé since 90s. Athens doesn’t understand that. They cannot get over Turkey

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Dec 8

While the French police were clearly over-zealous and should be criticised, in this case the criticism runs very hollow indeed

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Dec 8

Sadly the foreign ministry in Turkey, once an institution that promoted long and widely-held national policy prudently via career diplomats, has been politicised over the past decade.

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Ragıp Soylu

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· Dec 6

NEW — Turkey releases a travel warning on France for Turkish citizens: • Concerned about the disproportionate use of police force •Calling France to uphold human rights in its treatment to protestors • Condemns France for injuring journalists, violating press freedom

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Dec 6

ING offers cheapest loans in Turkey About time foreign banks got a bit of 'credit'. Erdogan should be happy...

ING Group offers lowest rates on consumer loans in Turkey | | Ahval

ING Group is leading the way in offering cheaper loans to Turkey's consumers, according to an online broker.

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Dec 4

Turkey's state-run news agency comes up with ISIS captured figures for November after Macron criticism

Turkey captures 238 Daesh/ISIS terrorists in November

Senior members of terrorist organization among those arrested by security forces - Anadolu Agency

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Mark Bentley

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Dec 3

NATO can't promise to repair Baltic impasse with Turkey The discord may rumble on... While Erdogan pushes nationalist view when it comes to the Kurds, the Balkan problem clearly serves Russia well, along with S-400 purchase and the Syria incursion

NATO's chief cannot promise to heal rift with Turkey by end of...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday it was not right to question the Western alliance's security guarantee but that he was working to solve a dispute with Turkey over allied p...

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Dec 3

Turkey's broadcasting watchdog announces that it is censoring online streaming content with french-kissing scenes "not in order to limit freedoms but in order to ensure freedom for all"

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Artı Gerçek

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RTÜK'ten internet yayınlarına 'milli güvenlik' ve 'genel ahlak' denetimi https://artigercek.com/haberler/rtuk-ten-internet-yayinlarina-milli-guvenlik-ve-genel-ahlak-denetimi…

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