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1 week ago |
zawya.com | Ebru Tuncay
ISTANBUL - Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell has requested that its current licences be extended until 2045 and expects a 5G tender to be held this year, its Chief Executive Ali Taha Koc was reported on Tuesday as telling journalists. Koc was also cited as saying by the ekonomim.com news website that if Turkey's current fibre infrastructure were sold off, the estimated valuation was $2.5 billion.
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2 weeks ago |
zawya.com | Ebru Tuncay |Ceyda Caglayan
ISTANBUL: Turkey's high real rates contribute to the fight against inflation even as they harm economic growth, Omer Aras, executive at the business group TUSIAD which this year clashed with President Tayyip Erdogan, said on Thursday. In February, Erdogan had a public feud with TUSIAD over remarks by Aras and the group's President Orhan Turhan criticising a legal crackdown on the political opposition. Authorities launched a probe into both executives and barred them from international travel.
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2 months ago |
zawya.com | Ebru Tuncay
ISTANBUL - Turkey's Ziraat Bank said on Thursday it had secured a sustainability-themed syndicated loan totalling $1.75 billion, in two tranches of $850 million and 789 million euros. It said this year's syndicated loan offered a cost advantage despite geographical diversity and changing conditions and there was a 90 basis-point decrease in syndicated loan interest rates compared to the same period last year.
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2 months ago |
marketscreener.com | Ebru Tuncay
SAPANCA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Friday that disinflation would continue despite some recent deterioration in expectations, adding that the government still sees inflation ending the year within its target range. His remarks come a day after the central bank delivered a surprise 350 basis-point rate hike to 46%, reversing a short-lived easing cycle and signalling renewed commitment to tackling inflation.
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2 months ago |
today.westlaw.com | Alison Williams |Ezgi Erkoyun |Ebru Tuncay
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's competition board said on Friday that it approved carmaker Tofas' takeover of Stellantis NV's local distribution business on condition of an investment plan and additional commitments submitted by the parties.
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