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    Your companion in understanding Turkish macroeconomics and politics

  • istanbulanalytics

    Your indispensable guide on Turkish politics and economics

  • istanbulanalytics

    Aspiring to be your electronic library on Turkey's economy and politics

Introducing Our Turkey Research Services

Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada have been collaborating to provide research about Turkish economy, politics and policy, including on selected topics such as banking, energy and regulatory issues to New York based global research firm, GlobalSource Partners (GSP). Istanbulanalytics is an independent research platform, where they display their products and select articles/research about the country...

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How to access our services

Turkey’s uniquely complex operating environment with its rapidly changing economic and political parameters renders analytical assistance to decision making indispensable. With our 50 years of combined experience in economic, policy and regulatory research, we firmly believe we can add value to your understanding of and business operations in Turkey...

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Turkey in the Foreign Press

The Economist: Ekrem Imamoglu on Turkey’s renewed faith in democracy

13Apr2024 Source: The Economist

Despite unfair competition, especially in the allocation of state resources to the ruling party and its candidates and government control of the media, the opposition Republican People’s Party Read More...

A Shift in Power: CHP Win Ushers in Recalibration in Turkish Politics

11Apr2024 Source: Wilson Center

by Yusuf  Can   The CHP defeated leading AKP in a surprise reversal in Turkey’s municipalities. Driven by worsening economic conditions, voters supported CHP’s welfare policies. This will Read More...

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Atilla's Musings

The 2024 Turkish Elections Were a Warning for the Global Right

15Apr2024

A rare analysis of Turkey’s conservative political establishment and the meaning of 2024 local elections.   The “iron law of oligarchy,” by which decisions by a select party elite Read More...

Time for an Armenia-Azerbaijan History Ceasefire

28Feb2024

Or why peace is almost impossible in conflicts with starkly opposing narratives of the past.  Cyprus is another example of history interfering with the future   By recycling conspiracy Read More...

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Murat's Musings

Türkiye’s Energy Engagement in Central Asia and the Caucasus

30Mar2024

In recent years, Türkiye has significantly increased cooperation with the states of Central Asia and Azerbaijan. One of the most important geopolitical developments in recent years in Eurasia is Read More...

Can Two Ends of Asia Meet? An Overview of Contemporary Turkey-China Relations

28Jan2024

China’s new Silk Road policy, titled, ‘One Belt, One Road’, signals a proactive turn in China’s regional policy towards Central and West Asia. The policy has two dimensions: First, China Read More...

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