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Erdogan’s natural gas theatres are“a feel-good domestic story to sell in troubled times”.
Turkey and Ukraine on October 16 signedmilitary cooperation agreements.
2.6 Polls and sociology
Some 76% of young people in Turkey would leave the country to find a better future, according to a survey compiled by Istanbul’s Yeditepe University and MAK company, bianet reported.
Also among people in the 18-29 age group, 64% were ready to leave Turkey if they were offered the citizenship of another country while one in two described themselves as not happy with life.
When asked about whether they are happy, 27.5% said they were not and 23% said they were not at all happy. Only 18.2% said they were happy and 23.5% were neither happy nor unhappy.
When asked about what was required to achieve happiness, 26.2% said "money" and 16.6% said "career."
As for religion, 82.8% of the participants said they would define themselves as "someone who has a religion" whereas 72.7% said they believed in the afterlife.
A total of 77.9% said they did not think any of the Turkish political parties could solve Turkey’s problems.
When asked, "If you ruled this country, what would be the problems that you would solve first?" 46.7% of respondents replied "unemployment-employment," 8.8% said "high living costs" and 7.6% said "justice."
3.0 Macro Economy
Main Macro Indicators
GDP Growth (y/y)
GDP (per capita, $)
GDP (current, TRYbn) GDP (current prices, $bn) CPI (%, eop)
Lira-loans (%, y/y, Oct 16) Policy Rate (%, Oct 28) Population (mn) Employed (active, mn) CA Balance ($bn, Aug) CA Balance/GDP (%) Budget (TRYbn)
Budget Balance/GDP (%) USD/TRY (eop, Oct 29)
2015 2016 2017 2018 Q1-19
6.1 3.2 7.5 2.8 -2.3 10,915 10,817 10,537 9,346 -
Q2 Q3 Q4 2019 Q1-20 Q2 Q3 Q4
-1.6 1.0 6.0 0.9 4.5 -9.9 - - - - - 9,127 - - - - 1,023 1,146 1,190 4,280 1,071 1,042 - -
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2,339 859 8.8 14.4 8.8 78.7 25.7 -32.4 -3.8 -23.5 -1.0 2.92
2,609 3,111 863 852 8.5 11.9 12.3 24.9
8.3 12.8 79.8 80.8 25.7 27.3 -31.5 -46.6 -3.6 -5.5 -29.9 -47.8 -1.1 -1.5 3.53 3.79
3,724 922 766 172 20.3 19.7 1.8 3.0 24.1 25.5
82.0 - 26.6 27.0 -28.3 -1.88 -3.7 -1.1
-72.6 -36.16
-1.9 -3.9
5.29 5.56
174 202 15.7 9.3 -0.5 4.0
23.9 16.3 - - 26.9 26.9 -1.29 5.92 -0.7 2.9
-42.4 -7.2
-4.1 -0.6
206 754 11.8 11.8 13.9 13.9 11.4 11.4
176 153 11.9 12.6 19.1 39.4 9.3 7.6 -- 22.5 23.0
- - 11.8 - 46.4 46.3 11.1 13.1
5.79 5.65
5.95 5.95 6.61 6.85 7.72 8.31
- 83.2 26.7 26.7 -1.07 1.67
- - 24.7 - -7.87 -11.9 -6.57 - -4.5 -7.8 - - -37.9 -123.7 -29.6 -79.9 -31.1 - -3.2 -2.9 -2.8 -7.7 - -
-0.5 0.2
