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Adam Samson

Turkey Correspondent

Adam Samson is the Financial Times Turkey correspondent, covering the economy, politics, and business and finance in the vast country. He previously led the FT's global markets coverage from the group's headquarters in London.
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  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Turkish politics
    Three MPs injured as fight breaks out in Turkey’s parliament

    Brawl during debate over jailed politician exposes depth of political resentments

    MPs clash in Turkey’s parliament on Friday
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Turkey
    The street dogs that haunted my journey through Turkey’s heartland

    The fate of these creatures is dividing Turkish society

    A woman pats a stray dog in the street
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
    Kremlin rejects Budweiser owner AB InBev’s plan to exit Russia

    Authorities tell joint venture partner Anadolu Efes ‘the current structure of the transaction has not been approved’

    Bottles of beer move along a conveyor belt at the Anheuser-Busch InBev NV Budweiser bottling facility
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Turkey
    US warns Turkey of ‘consequences’ over military-linked exports to Russia

    Washington seeks more action from Ankara in curbing trade pivotal to Moscow war machine 

    Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    ExplainerMarkets volatility
    What drove the global stock sell-off?

    Weakening economies, central bank decisions and slump in high-flying tech shares shake up markets

    A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange puts his head in his hand
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Widespread boycotts in Muslim countries hammer western brands

    Rejection of goods based on perceived political agendas over Israel-Gaza conflict hitting revenues

    A pro-Palestinian protest outside a KFC restaurant in Islamabad
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Turkey blocks Instagram over ‘censorship’ of Hamas leader’s death

    Erdoğan adviser and communications chief accuses US platform of not allowing ‘messages of condolence’ for Ismail Haniyeh

    A man in the foreground points his finger upwards as protesters wave Palestinian flags
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    News in-depthEvan Gershkovich
    The behind-the-scenes deal to secure Evan Gershkovich’s freedom

    Most complex east-west exchange in decades was almost scuppered by death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny

    Evan Gershkovich stands inside a glass defendant’s cage during the verdict announcement at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg in July
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Evan Gershkovich
    Journalist Evan Gershkovich returns to US in Russia prisoner swap

    Russia, US and other countries exchange 26 prisoners in largest transfer since the cold war

    US journalist Evan Gershkovich embraces his mother Ella Milman as President Joe Biden looks on at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday after his release from Russian prison
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Inside BusinessTurkish economy
    Corporate Turkey’s patience in economic reboot wanes

    While a shift to a more rational strategy has support, the impact of moves to tame inflation are biting

    Shoppers at a market in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey returns $5bn Saudi deposit in show of economic confidence

    Move underlines progress in country’s $1tn economy since pivot to more conventional monetary policy

    Mehmet Şimşek
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Traders pour billions of dollars into Turkish lira trade

    Hedge funds and investors lured by high interest rates, but flows could leave country vulnerable to a shift in sentiment

    Vendors and shoppers inside the Great Bazaar in Istanbul
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Turkey
    Turkey unveils corporate tax overhaul

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposes minimum 10% levy on companies in move to cool economy

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks to the media
  • Sunday, 14 July, 2024
    FT live news
    Trump rally shooting as it happened: How the historic weekend unfolded
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    BYD agrees $1bn deal to build electric vehicle plant in Turkey

    Second-largest EV maker expands EU production as bloc clamps down on access for China imports

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with BYD directors
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Turkish politics
    Turkey divided over mass cull of 4mn street dogs

    President Erdoğan’s ruling party explores plan to round up strays that are a feature of urban life

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkish inflation cools for first time in 8 months

    Consumer prices increase 71.6% in June in sign that Ankara’s pivot away from unconventional monetary policy is working

    A customer counts out Turkish lira banknotes to pay a vendor
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Turkey detains hundreds after violence erupts against Syrians

    Ankara denounces ‘provocative actions’ as protests follow rising tensions over immigration

  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Turkey
    Turkey removed from money laundering ‘grey list’

    FATF decision set to give international investors more confidence about country’s assets

    Picture of a hand counting Turkish lira notes
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    Global inflation
    Will US inflation continue to ease? 

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A shopper reaches for cottage cheese inside a grocery store in San Francisco, California
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    News in-depthTurkey
    Turkish football’s season from hell points to deeper societal malaise

    Country’s dominant sport joins the ranks of those institutions in which the public has lost faith

    Security officers take action as a violence breaks out during a match between Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor in March
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s inflation crisis rages a year into economic turnaround

    Consumer expectations of further high prices pose challenge for central bank in reining in price growth

    Montage of Erdogan in front of a background of lira notes and Turkey’s central bank forecast of a rapid inflation slowdown
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Ebrahim Raisi
    Condolences pour in as Iran mourns Raisi

    Reaction in west more muted as capitals consider impact of president’s death on Tehran’s leadership and geopolitical tensions

    Iran’s first vice-president Mohammad Mokhber sits beside a portrait of the late president Ebrahim Raisi and the deceased leader’s empty seat
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza conflict

    Ankara demands more aid go to enclave before it will resume $7bn-a-year flows in sign of deepening tension

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s trade with Russia drops after US pressure

    US Treasury can hit Turkish banks with secondary sanctions if they are involved in exports used in Ukraine war

    A port in Istanbul
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