Turkish citizens will be voting on June 24th in the country’s first elections under the new presidential system. Regardless of the results, Turkey will continue to offer opportunities for MNCs in a highly competitive and challenging operating environment. Turkey general…
The MENA region seemed to be calming down in 2017 – violence in Syria was subsiding, ISIS was weakening, Donald Trump seemed to be exerting his focus elsewhere in the world, and Arab states were implementing positive reform measures to…
Despite remaining a key market in MNCs’ EMEA portfolios, Turkey has become an increasingly difficult place to do business in. Rising insecurity, political uncertainty, regulatory unpredictability, and a slowdown in growth are making it even more challenging for executives to…
Frontier Strategy Group hosted an exclusive breakfast for Turkey senior executives across sectors on June 1. While the overall mood amongst clients was confident, it was clear that executives are also under pressure from high corporate expectations, despite only moderate…
A number of issues have been causing multinationals to question investment plans for Turkey in the past year: The country experienced three major terrorist attacks allegedly perpetrated by ISIS in the last year and fears of geopolitical risk – whether related…
One of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s major areas of focus immediately after the elections will be the drafting and implementing of its economic policies. AKP’s previous economic policy-making team will be largely in place, signaling a continuation of…
Multinational executives are facing a period of heightened instability in Turkey as the country’s involvement in the Syrian conflict increases, the domestic struggle between the Turkish government and the armed wing of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish movement PKK resurfaces, and the question of…