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Kilicdaroglu to Meet Leaders of Pro-Kurdish HDP

TURKEY
  • Kemal Kilicdaroglu will meet leaders of pro-Kurdish HDP at noon today for talks ahead of the elections in May, according to the HDP. Winning support of HDP, the largest non-aligned party, is crucial for Kilicdaroglu election bid.
  • Russians established more than 1300 firms in Turkey in 2022, a 670% increase from the previous year, Bloomberg report citing a report by The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey. The surge in new companies with Russian partners highlights Turkey’s growing appeal as a destination for Russian money after the war in Ukraine.
  • President Erdogan used a display of new military jets to drum up support for his election campaign this weekend, Bloomberg report. Erdogan will hope ambitious projects will increase his popularity among nationalist and conservative voters ahead May elections.
  • Speaking to Ekonomi newspaper, Kerim Rota, the Head of Economic Policy at the Future Party, said that if the Nation Alliance wins the election, the markets, which are guided by the state, will be made functional again with their own dynamics.
  • President Erodgan will address from Ankara an EU donors conference in Brussels at 1230 GMT/1530 local time. There are no major economic releases scheduled today, with the CBRT rate decision taking focus on Thursday.

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