Data reveal how Instagram matters to Turkey Instagram blocked in Turkey, due to politically-motivated reasons, on 1st August. Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK), Turkey’s internet and communications regulator, held a meeting with Instagram’s roof company Meta on 5th August, but no deal has been […]
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Google to charge extra fees for ads in Austria, Turkey and UK
Fee includes all manner of online advertisements and services that allow digital content to be heard, watched or downloaded Google to start charging new fees for ads served in the U.K., Turkey and Austria beginning Nov. 1, the company said in an e-mail sent to […]
Turkey’s e-commerce up 64% in H1 amidst COVID-19
Food and markets saw the highest rise in transactions via debit and credit cards, up 400% on an annual basis Spurred by the COVID-19, Turkey’s e-commerce went up 64% YoY in the first half of 2020, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said. The January-June figure […]
Turkey to support Azerbaijan with UAVs, tech and expertise [video]
Azerbaijani government announced that it would purchase UCAVs from Turkey after receiving approval from its Parliament Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) Chairman Ismail Demir said Turkish defence industry so support Azerbaijan with its unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV), ammunition, missiles and electronic warfare (EW) systems. […]
Retail sales 17% down in May: Turkey
Though retail sales shrank, online sales soared Retail sales with constant prices decreased by 16.7% in May 2020 compared with the same month of previous year, according to Turkish Statistical Insitute (TÜİK). In the same month non-food (except automotive fuel) sales decreased by 25.5%, automotive […]
Oil refiner Tüpraş remains Turkey’s top industrial corporation
ISO announced Turkey’s 500 largest industrial enterprises for 2019 Oil refiner Tüpraş kept its longtime leadership as Turkey’s largest industrial corporation, according to the “Top 500 Industrial Enterprises of Turkey 2019” survey. The report, which is written by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), […]
Ankara, London ‘very close’ to free trade deal:FM
Negotiations are going well and close to finalise soon, said minister Turkey and the U.K. are “very close” to signing a free trade agreement for the post-Brexit era, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. An article on the Financial Times last week quoted Çavuşoğlu […]
Turkish car market’s sales soar, brands revise year-end targets upward
Car sales up 30% and car makers update their plans for the end of the year Passenger and light commercial vehicle sales in Turkey increased in June amid the easing of lockdown measures applied to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and on the […]
London, Ankara make progress in trade deal talks: minister
Any Turkey-U.K. free trade deal would only be able to take place following an EU-U.K. free trade deal U.K.’s Secretary of State of International Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss said progress has been made in ongoing talks on a trade deal […]
Share of renewables in energy generation rises in Turkey
47.6% output was generated by hydro plants, while 13.7 percent was derived from imported coal and 7.7% from natural gas power plants Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources announced nearly half of Turkey’s electricity generation comes from hydroelectric power plants, while the share of wind […]