Mehmet

Hundreds of businesses shut down in eastern Turkey amid curfews, terror attacks

Continuing terror attacks and curfews have dramatically affected economic and trade transactions in eastern Turkey since last June, as around 500 businesses have closed down only in the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbak?r since then, according to businesspeople from the region. 

The companies have lost almost 70 percent of their revenue, they added. 

?im?ek to become Turkey's new economy tsar, as Erdo?an's allies take key posts in administration

Former Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek will be in charge of the economy in a new cabinet named by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on Nov. 24, becoming deputy prime minister in a team which saw close allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an take key ministerial posts. 

Finance minister says 'no' to meteorite tax in Turkey's east

After discussions both on traditional and social media, including a Twitter poll by the country's finance minister and an official investigation, it has been decided villagers in the eastern province of Bingöl who found and sold meteorite pieces at inflated prices did not need to pay taxes for this sort of income.

Economy minister promises reform package to boost economy

A number of economic reforms are in the pipeline to boost the Turkish economy following the Nov. 1 elections, Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek has said in an interview with the Financial Times. 

"We are looking at a large set of changes we can now make because we have political certainty," ?imsek said.

Pages