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Mustafa Sonmez

Mustafa Sonmez

Şub 3, 2021

A man holds his children near their home in a deserted street near the Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul during a week-end curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus on December 6, 2020. - Under the new restrictions beginning from December 1, a curfew will be imposed on weekdays from 9:00 pm. to 5:00 am. Over the weekend the lockdown will last from 9:00 pm Friday until 5:00 am on Monday. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Turkey economy

Interest payments top education, healthcare in Ankara’s 2022 budget

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Raki bottles are displayed at a restaurant in Ankara September 27, 2011. Turkey is providing rich opportunities for merger specialists trawling for the next big deal, as the country's booming economy and improving corporate governance partially insulate it from a slowing global M&A market. The most popular M&A sectors have been energy, power generation and finance. But the biggest splash so far this year was made by the world's biggest spirits company, Diageo, which agreed in February to buy Turkish raki an

How Ankara is using taxes to target boozers

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Turkey’s national booze under government siege

Mehmet Cetingulec

Mehmet Cetingulec

A customer leaves a currency exchange agency near Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, on Dec. 2, 2021.

Inflation storm worsens Turkey’s income distribution gap

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics