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Can the Central Bank of Turkiye’s first female governor, Hafize Gaye Erkan, tame the country’s rampant inflation?

Last month, Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made history when he appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan as the governor of the Central Bank of Turkiye – the first ever woman to head the 93-year-old financial institution. Erkan enters the financial fray in her motherland armed with an impressive biography as she bids to find the optimum […]

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Turkish Central Bank head Naci Ağbal fired after just four months in job

The governor of Turkey’s Central Bank Naci Ağbal was dismissed from his post on Friday. The unexpected news came in the form of a presidential decree published in the official gazette early on Saturday, 20 March. Banking professor Şahap Kavcıoğlu, a former MP for President Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), is named as his […]

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Turkish lira hits record low against the dollar

The Turkish lira has continued its downward slide this week, reaching a record-low against the dollar today. One US dollar is now worth 7.23 Turkish lira, with the currency losing 18% of its value to the dollar this year. The lira also fell against the pound and the euro. Today’s currency market shows £1 is […]

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Istanbul the big winner following Liverpool-Chelsea UEFA Super Cup

Europe kicked off the new football season with its annually held Super Cup –  its equivalent of England’s Charity Shield. Played at the BJK Vodafone Park stadium – the home ground of leading Turkish club Beşiktaş – Liverpool, the winners of the Champions League, took on Chelsea, the holders of the Europa League Cup. Liverpool […]

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Turkey eyes lower interest rates and return to economic growth

Interest rates in Turkey are set to fall further, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has said, as the country aims to return to economic growth after it was tipped into recession by last year’s currency crisis. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, 30 July, the minister said he hoped to see more interest rate reductions […]

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Turkey’s inflation continues to rise, hitting 20.35% in January

Consumer prices continue to push inflation upwards in Turkey. According to figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) earlier this week, year-on-year inflation rose by 1.06 to 20.35% in January. It marked a slight increase from December 2018, when inflation stood at 20.3%. There was an average annual increase of 17.16% in consumer prices. […]