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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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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    The Erdoğan whisperer behind Turkey’s economic pivot

    Vice-president Cevdet Yılmaz has played a crucial backstage role managing the turn to financial orthodoxy

    A montage of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a silhouette of Cevdet Yılmaz behind him over a red background
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Qatar asks Hamas leaders to leave after US pressure

    Washington says militant group’s rejection of deal to release Israeli hostages meant its presence was no longer ‘viable’

    Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, prime minister and foreign minister of Qatar
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    Turkey
    Turkey cracks down on Kurdish separatists after Ankara attack

    Police detain 176 as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vows to eliminate ‘terrorism at its source’

    People ride on a motorcycle as thick smoke rises from an oil extracting facility targeted by Turkish shelling near Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey in the Qahtaniyah countryside
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Turkey
    Turkish raids kill dozens in Syria and Iraq after Ankara attack

    Kurdish group says civilians among dead in wave of retaliation for Wednesday’s assault on state aerospace company

    Family members and relatives mourn next to the coffins of Zahide Guclu Ekici, Hasan Huseyin Cambaz and Cengiz Coskun during their funeral
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Turkey
    Turkey carries out strikes in northern Iraq and Syria after ‘terrorist attack’

    ‘Highly likely’ Kurdish separatist group PKK was behind targeting of state aerospace company, interior minister says

    Rescue workers at the scene of the incident at the Turkish Aerospace Industries campus on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Turkey blocks exports of military-linked goods to Russia after US warning

    Customs system no longer allows exporters to proceed with sensitive shipments

    Ukrainian officials stand next to part of a missile that landed on a street in Kyiv during a Russian attack in May last year
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkish inflation falls below 50% in boon to Erdoğan

    Slowest price growth in over a year comes after painful rate rises

    Shoppers walk through a bustling market in the Ulus district of Ankara, examining a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey raises $3.5bn in record international bond sale

    Investors strongly back Ankara’s plans to switch short-term debt for longer-term notes

    People walking along Istiklal Street in Istanbul, Turkey, with a red tram labeled "3 Taksim - Tünel" moving down the center of the street
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey plans 10-year dollar bond to push back looming debt maturities

    Ankara hires banks for ‘switch tender’ deal to exchange short-debt for longer-term note

    People walk through a bustling local bazaar in Izmir, Turkey, with various stores displaying clothing and other goods. A large Turkish national flag hangs prominently above the market.
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Erdoğan courts big business to lure investors back to Turkey

    President once hostile to international financiers switches tack in planned New York meetings

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    West Bank
    US protester shot dead in West Bank

    Turkish-American dual national Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was killed by Israeli troops, says Turkey

    Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Erdoğan’s rhetoric stokes anti-Israel sentiment in Turkey

    Increasing vitriol against Israel’s leader and Gaza offensive comes as president’s popularity with voters has fallen

    Protesters march with cardboard cutouts of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s economic growth slows to weakest level since Covid crisis

    High interest rates meant to cool runaway inflation heaps pressure on businesses and households

    A vendor sits on a stool inside a spices and confectionary store with no customers at the Arasta Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The store features brightly colored shelves filled with a variety of spices and sweets. The vendor is looking at his phone, with rows of jars, boxes, and piles of spices prominently displayed around him.
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    Will US jobs data push the Fed into a deeper rate cut?

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

    A worker installs the front doors on a Ford F-150 truck
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s blazing stock rally falters with high rates luring savers away

    Istanbul index slides 8% as sweeping bid to rein in inflation ripples through markets

    A cashier counts 5 and 10 Turkish lira banknotes in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    FT SeriesClamour for Africa
    Turkey’s expanding leverage in Africa

    Ankara has become a political broker on the continent through soft power initiatives, deeper trade ties and growing security alliances

    Sheikh Sharif Ahmed of Somalia and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey
  • 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
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