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Table of contents
Turkey
Country Report May 2019 Table of contents
1.0 Executive summary
2.0 Politics
2.1 ISTANBUL BLOG: Turkey in limbo – Markets only hear the tick tock of the Erdogan clock
2.2 Erdogan’s nemesis declared mayor of Istanbul but battle for city not over
2.3 Erdogan loses an election and a new cycle of controlled chaos breaks out. No-one should be surprised
2.4 Erdogan’s son-in-law shares photo from Oval Office
2.5 Turkey looking for mechanisms to boost sanctions-shielded trade with Iran
2.6 Prospect of US sanctions hitting Turkey grows as senators file bill protesting against detentions
2.7 US senators warn Turkey of sanctions ahead if it deploys Russian S-400 missile system
2.8 “They don’t know us”: In presscall with Putin Erdogan says there’s no way Turkey will drop Russian S-400 deal
2.9 US-Turkey relations: Jitters grow as Pompeo, Cavusoglu tangle over accounts of meeting
2.10 Turkey stays away from China’s Belt and Road summit citing debt-trap diplomacy and Uighur concerns
2.11 Turkey says alleged UAE spy hung himself in cell. Fears for Emirates NBD’s deal for Sberbank’s Denizbank may follow
2.12 Turkey condemns France and Italy’s official recognition of genocide against Armenians 2.13 Erdogan: Ousting of al-Bashir in Sudan a coup against Turkey
2.14 Business and consumer confidence surveys
2.15 Turkey drops two places to 157 on latest World Press Freedom Index
2.16 HRW report explores Turkey’s jailing of hundreds of lawyers in “major assault on right to fair trial”
3.0 Macro Economy
3.1 Macroeconomic overview
4.0 Real Economy
4.1 Industrial production 4.2 Inflation
4.2.1 CPI dynamics
4.2.2 PPI dynamics
4.3 Industrial sectors and trade
4.3.1 PMI Production dynamics 4.3.2 Corporate profits dynamics
4.4 Fixed investment 4.5 Labour and income
4.5.1 Labour market, unemployment dynamics 4.5.2 Income dynamics
4.5.3 Retail sector dynamics
5.0 External Sector & Trade
5.1 External sector overview
5.2 Balance of payments, current account
5.2.1 Import/export dynamics 5.2.2 Current account dynamics 5.2.3 Capital flight dynamics
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