Turkey

The Turkish banking sector has tremendous potential over the medium and long terms, with a confluence of positive strategic variables driving significant growth. Indeed, bank equities... 2007-11-20

In line with the larger than expected 50bps cut to the overnight borrowing rate in October, we have revised downward our end-year interest rate forecast to 16.25%, from an original... 2007-10-30

The Turkish government has come under increasing public pressure to launch a military operation into Iraq's northern region, from which an estimated 3,000 Kurdish separatist rebels... 2007-10-25

The Turkish government has come under increasing public pressure to launch a military operation into Iraq's northern region, from which an estimated 3,000 Kurdish separatist rebels... 2007-10-25

The Turkish government is coming under increasing public pressure to launch a military operation into Iraq's northern region, from which an estimated 3,000 Kurdish separatist rebels... 2007-10-22

Looking in detail at what the new business environment ratings tells us about the East Med region, the picture is not greatly changed. As with our previous ratings, Israel is well... 2007-10-01

H107 balance of payments figures in Turkey reinforces our view that the country's large current account deficit is expected to remain a key macroeconomic risk over the medium term.... 2007-08-30

One day after he was inaugurated as President, Abdullah Gul approved a proposed cabinet list from Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. While the majority of the 25-member cabinet... 2007-08-30

While we are confident that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will retain its parliamentary plurality after the July 22 elections, we maintain our caution that a majority... 2007-07-02

Turkish real GDP growth surprised to the upside in the first quarter, expanding by 6.7% y-o-y, up from an increase of 4.6% y-o-y in Q406. Even though domestic consumption levels remained... 2007-07-02