Author: Alaattin Aktas (Alaattin Aktas)

Let’s start with a quite simple question: What would you consider if you wanted to make a portfolio investment in another country as an investor? The answers are obvious, aren’t they? First, you would examine whether the return of the security to be invested in is good. As you attempt to invest in foreign countries...

The establishment of a Price Stability Committee had already been declared in the economic reform package announced in mid-March. It was officially founded last week. But there are still questions sticking in minds: – We have a Central Bank that is responsible for ensuring price stability and has this provision in its law. They say...

I don’t know as Europe’s cheapest country is strengthening. Don’t take it the wrong way, this cheapness is not for the people living here and earning their pay in lira, it’s for those who spend Euros and dollars. The European Statistics Office’s purchasing power parity data was announced last week by the Turkish Statistical Institute....

I’m talking about foreign investors, the ones who invest in Turkey through stocks and government debt securities. They seem to be conflicted. They neither want to make huge amounts of investment, nor they want to leave Turkey for good. Data from the last seven weeks signal a serious stagnation. Foreigners bought a total of USD...

WHAT DOES THIS GROWTH MEAN?  Answers to this question may differ from person to person. But a common answer would probably be like this: “This growth is nothing but replacing what’s lost, although not exactly.” Take a look at this period that’s we’ve been experiencing for over a year now: People have lost their assets,...

The doubts about Turkey, especially among foreign investors, cannot be removed with the surprise dismissal of Central Bank Governor Naci Agbal, and the replacement of Sahap Kavcioglu immediately after the Central Bank raised the interest rate at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on March 18. A rush out of Turkish markets, which started with this...

THE DOUBTS ABOUT TURKEY, especially among foreign investors, cannot be removed with the surprise dismissal of Central Bank Governor Naci Agbal, and the replacement of Sahap Kavcioglu immediately after the Central Bank raised the interest rate at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on March 18. A rush out of Turkish markets, which started with this...