Turkey's politically motivated asset grab?

16/10/2025 12 min Episodio 1330
Turkey's politically motivated asset grab?

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A recent report in the Financial Times has outlined how a state fund in Turkey has become one of the country’s largest business holdings, controlling over 1,000 companies. This comes in the wake of an anti-corruption drive that moved hundreds of private companies into government hands, raising the question: Is this asset grab politically-motivated? Wolfango Piccoli, the co-founder of risk analysis company Teneo, joins Thanos Davelis today as we dig into this story.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Crackdown or capital grab? Turkey state fund controls 1,000 businessesGreece reaffirms stance on Turkey’s participation in EU SAFE programAthens faces two drone fronts