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Mustafa Sönmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Turkish workers of former state-owned tobacco and alcohol monopoly TEKEL shout slogans in protest against layoffs and the government�s labor policy on the 65th day of their strike in Ankara on February 18, 2010. Workers are demonstrating for the rights of some 10,000 workers who were made redundant by the privatization of the state tobacco monopoly TEKEL in 2008. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

İşsizlik yüzde 12 mi, yüzde 52 mi?

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Yabancılar uzaklaşıyor, Saray yalnızlaşıyor

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Turkish lira banknotes are pictured at a bank in the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on June 14, 2020. - Authorities in northwest Syria are taking steps to substitute the plummeting Syrian pound with the Turkish lira to shield their opposition-held region from an economic crisis ahead of new US sanctions, an official said. The Salvation Government -- a civilian body affiliated to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group which dominates the Idlib region -- had already started paying wa

Türkiye’nin döviz rezervi tahta bacaklı

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Krizin garajı, Varlık Fonu

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Ekonomik kriz erken seçimi zorluyor

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

A worker in protective suit disinfects the Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC2OJF9UV6LF

Pandemide futbol: Tamam mı, devam mı?

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-200 plane is seen on the tarmac of the city's new Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, April 6, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1E1602C690

Mega projelerden mega yıkıntılara

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

AFYONKARAHISAR, TURKEY - MARCH 31: Textile workers wearing face masks laboring at a textile factory turned into medical suits production plant due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Canan Tukelay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Giyim-tekstile pandemi vurgunu

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Shoppers walk in Istinye Park shopping mall in Istanbul May 17, 2013. Turkey hailed its second investment grade rating on Friday, seeing it as a seal of approval from international markets for a decade of economic reform. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E95H1GII01

AVM’lere önceliğe tepki büyük

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

A municipality worker sprays disinfectant over a tram to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Istanbul, Turkey, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan - RC2DMF9Q7YSE

Turizmde 'eski normal' çok zor

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

A worker in a protective suit sprays disinfectant at Grand Bazaar, known as the Covered Bazaar, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC2YQF9I7XRJ

COVID-19 krizi gıdada kıtlık korkusu yarattı

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

Uçaklar çakıldı, önlemler gecikti

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics