Turkish Economy - News & Updates

[Offshore]

You can solve this problem in a middle/long term by cheap energy from Azerbaijan and north Iraq. Also, by nuclear plants and renewable energy (sun, water and geothermal). Your problem is still goods from China.

always blame China..

 

[Bismarck]

always blame China..

No, that’s not true. But their business bated is unacceptable. In this case, we should stand with USA and Turkey on one side. Look at US trade deficit with China in the last 10 years. Between $300-400 billion every year. Sams situation with other countries, because of illegal practices.

 

[Offshore]

No, that’s not true. But their business bated is unacceptable. In this case, we should stand with USA and Turkey on one side. Look at US trade deficit with China in the last 10 years. Between $300-400 billion every year. Sams situation with other countries, because of illegal practices.

ok

 

[WarKa DaNG]

You are just like Erdogan and Turkish media.

That is much better than ours one

 

[Bismarck]

For example, you need a Chinese partner to invest in a production factory. They force you in a joint venture program (outside of chinese market, you don’t need it). They steal intellectual properties and technology as much as they can (rest of the world don’t do this, in such number). at least with state own hacker organizations . They made cheap copies stuffs with huge illegal state subsidies and sell it around the world.

ok

Your are embarrassed. Our government prepares for precautions to stop purchasing of German high-tech firms.

 

[Offshore]

For example, you need a Chinese partner to invest in a production factory. They force you in a joint venture program (outside of chinese market, you don’t need it). They steal intellectual properties and technology as much as they can (rest of the world don’t do this, in such number). at least with state own hacker organizations . They made cheap copies stuffs with huge illegal state subsidies and sell it around the world.



Your are embarrassed. Our government prepares for precautions to stop purchasing of German high-tech firms.

no, i'm not.. instead.. i'm proud! if germany don't want Join venture, well, don't invest.. just as simple as that

 

[Bismarck]

no, i'm not.. instead.. i'm proud! if germany don't want Join venture, well, don't invest.. just as simple as that

We do not have such practices in German or in west countries. You don’t want such practices. Believe me.

 

[Offshore]

We do not have such practices in German or in west countries. You don’t want such practices. Believe me.

nope, we want and we can and we doing it

 

[Tiberius]

Big problem is orientalism and neoptism.

Erdogan acts erratic like a Sultan. Business doesnt like such things. Making is son in law finance ministers is like medival times.

 

[Tiberius]

PM Conte held a interview today where he said the only bank that holds greater papers from Turkey is UniCredit. And even at their balance sheets its only 4%.

He said the € works like a security shield against the shockwaves. Its an interesting twist, because so far Conte was rather critical towards the €.

Experts say the ECB already drives up the shield to minimize the effects. The Turkey Lira lost additional 15% today.

@Sinan

How are things over there? Imported things must explode in price?

Also they say that much business goes bancrupt, because tehy have debt in € and $ and with each % of falling exchange rates, therid ebt grows.

 

[damm1t]

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[Bismarck]

The reason Turkey's economic collapse is so scary is that Iran, Russia, and Syria are waiting in the wings

Samantha Lee/Business Insider

• Lots of things are going wrong in Turkey at once, driven by the collapse of its currency, the lira.
• The West needs Turkey to be strong, as Turkey is a physical buffer between Europe and the war in Syria.
• US sanctions have annoyed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who says he is now in search of "new friends."
• The worst-case scenario for the West? Potential "new friends" include Iran, Syria, and Russia — Turkey's neighbors, who also suffer from US sanctions.

What if Turkey collapses?




It's not outside the realm of possibility. Turkey's currency is in free fall. Inflation is at 15% and climbing. The Turkish economy could enter a recession. The US has imposed economic sanctions on the country because President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refuses to hand over an American preacher who has been jailed there.

Lots of things are going wrong in Turkey, all at once.

As this map shows, Turkey may not be important economically — in terms of contagion to the rest of the global economy — but it sure is important strategically and militarily.

Turkey is the bridge between the democratic, peaceful West and the war-ridden dictatorships of the East.

How strong do we want this bridge to be?

asdfCountries ranked by the percentage of their exports that go to Turkey.Credit Suisse



Turkey is the thing that physically prevents the wars in the Middle East from rolling into Greece
If you are not confident about where Turkey is on the map, you are not alone. It's only when you see Turkey's borders that you realize why everyone is freaking out about the lira crisis.

On its Western flank, Turkey borders Greece and Bulgaria, Western-facing members of the European Union. A few years ago, Turkey — a member of NATO — was preparing the join Europe as a full member.

Turkey's other borders face six nations: Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Nakhchivan, a territory affiliated with Azerbaijan. Five of those are involved in ongoing armed conflicts or outright war.

Turkey is the thing that has physically prevented the Islamic State terrorist group from rolling into Greece. It keeps the Syrian war inside Syria. It prevents the Russians from rolling back into Bulgaria. And it deters the Iraqis, Iranians, and Kurds from escalating their various conflicts northward into Europe.

That's the reason Turkey has the largest standing army in Europe. We need Turkey to be strong and stable, in other words.

That's why two recent moves by Erdogan are so chilling:

• His op-ed article in The New York Times on Sunday, in which he described his angry response to US economic sanctions: "Turkey has alternatives. Failure to reverse this trend of unilateralism and disrespect will require us to start looking for new friends and allies."
• His belief that interest rates are "evil." His central bank — which he now controls — has declined to increase interest rates to fight the country's spiraling inflation. He has historically argued that high interest rates actually cause high inflation. (In reality, high interest drives down inflation by making money more expensive and therefore more scarce. It is not clear that Erdogan understands basic economics.)

Erdogan's economic illiteracy is particularly worrying
asdfThe lira has lost 45% of its value against the US dollar this year.Yahoo Finance



In the immediate term, Erdogan's economic illiteracy is particularly worrying: Turkey's biggest, easiest weapon to contain its crisis is higher interest rates.

In principle, when a central bank raises interest rates, it sells bonds, taking in currency from those sales, and thus makes its own money more scarce and more valuable.

High rates would also encourage savers to put money into Turkish banks. That is exactly what Turkey needs to prevent a run on its central bank and a wider economic collapse. And it is the one tactic Erodgan — bafflingly — doesn't believe should be used.

He is condemning his nation to an inflation spiral that will, unchecked, look like the hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic.

The worst-case scenario: a Turkish government in search of 'new friends' to bail it out
From a strategic or military point of view, Erdogan "looking for new friends" is even more worrying. Turkey suddenly has a lot in common with Iran, Syria, and, across the Black Sea, Russia: They are all the targets of US sanctions.

Do we really want Turkey to turn toward Iran, Syria, or Russia? Because that's one potential outcome if the West cannot find a way to keep Erdogan inside the fold.

What is the endgame here, if Erdogan doesn't reverse course on interest, or if the US maintains or increases its sanctions?

The worst-case scenario is a Turkish government that cannot pay the army that controls its borders, in search of "new friends" to bail it out.

Thus the lira continues its plunge

https://www.businessinsider.de/what...ran-russia-syria-are-waiting-2018-8?r=US&IR=T

 

[Bismarck]

nope, we want and we can and we doing it

I said you don’t want us to doing such practices.

 

[-SINAN-]

@Sinan

How are things over there? Imported things must explode in price?

Also they say that much business goes bancrupt, because tehy have debt in € and $ and with each % of falling exchange rates, therid ebt grows.

It's like the silence before the storm....prices not got raised yet, but we expect them rise soon...

For instance the Volkswagen cars being sold today had been paid and shipped from Germany 3 months ago...so, 3 months later it would be bought with today's currency, So the car prices will double and it would be not affordable to buy cars for common people.

 

[Offshore]

I said you don’t want us to doing such practices.

ok , your lose