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Years in infobox

I think all the info in the infoxbox should be for 2023 because that would be up to date but not speculative

What do you think? Chidgk1 (talk) 13:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I agree per WP: crystal Shadow4dark (talk) 18:43, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha thanks but I am not a Geordie Chidgk1 (talk) 19:04, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Forecasts aren't meant to be speculative,they reflect the upcoming agenda not guesses 212.253.193.142 (talk) 00:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But some of the figures in the infobox are still at 2017 and 2018 - surely those should be updated to 2022 or 2023 rather than continually changing the 2023 figures to different months in 2024? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:07, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is getting silly - how can we know the average monthly salary for 2024 when it is only January - I give up Chidgk1 (talk) 13:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why use IMF figures for GDP not official government figures?

@88.233.153.183: and anyone else interested Chidgk1 (talk) 09:02, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess its because all countries has been edited in wiki according to imf figures it keeps fresh and reliable data Pirteappp (talk) 12:42, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of ‘peaked’?

The lead of this article says ‘Turkey's nominal GDP peaked at $1.340 trillion in 2024, and its nominal GDP per capita peaked at $15,368 in the same year.’ but if I wrote something similar in the peak coal article I am sure my change would be reverted by someone saying that a peak year must have at least one lower level year after it.

What do you think ‘peaked’ means? Chidgk1 (talk) 09:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the words you are looking for are "all-time high". So it would be "Turkey's nominal GDP reached an all-time high of $1.340 trillion in 2024..." KREOH (talk) 01:18, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could anyone fix the data section

IMF data has been updated and It seems the current data page hasn't been updated Pirteappp (talk) 12:39, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EU Is Not a Country, It should not be represented as one

I have observed that someone has changed trade partner values and combined individual trade partners into a single EU data. This is misleading and unnecessarily ideological. I suggest it to be reverted. Thank you. 212.253.113.156 (talk) 13:53, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not an expert but if you export to an EU country surely the goods can end up anywhere in the EU can’t they? I mean how would you know if your goods ended up in Spain or Portugal for example? Similarly for imports? Chidgk1 (talk) 08:53, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why did OECD predict economy will overtake Brazil?

I am not an expert so I cannot see how the OECD predicted the economy overtaking Brazil between 2030 and 2040 when Brazil has over twice the population of Turkey. Is there a new forecast since Bolsonaro was voted out? Chidgk1 (talk) 09:49, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any point in having long-term forecast made before Russian invasion of Ukraine?

Even if the OECD made forecast on last day of Feb they would not have had enough time to take account of it.

So unless anyone has a newer source I suggest we delete the section as useless because obviously the Turkish economy was greatly affected - not sure exactly how though. Chidgk1 (talk) 09:59, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest waiting for the next forecast rather than removing the information. We could add a note of when the forecast was made, stating whether it was before, after, or near the "effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine". If we do end up removing anything, I think the forecasts from the IMF should also be removed, keeping all the other data.

Keep in mind it's also not for us to say whether the growth rate would exceed 3% or not if there is a war. A war economy can result in temporarily higher GDP growth.

ETA: I think this is the same data here but newer. Komonzia (talk) 01:18, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ridiculous 2024 inflation percent in infobox

49.38% in 2024 is daft - how could anyone guess what the inflation will be this year to an accuracy of 4 significant figures? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:00, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i added September Shadow4dark (talk) 20:33, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Shadow4dark Oh I see so it is the 12 months to September. But still 4 sig. fig. is unbelievable don’t you think? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:04, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ofcourse not but these edits are added by random ip users. They also tried to delete the 2023 numbers without reason. Shadow4dark (talk) 07:43, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted 2024 and rounded 2023 to 2 significant figures Chidgk1 (talk) 08:38, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's WP:OR to say December 2023 figure is the 2023 figure. There is difference between year-end (December) annual inflation and average annual inflation in 2023. Bogazicili (talk) 18:25, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think I will give up on this as we are not a newspaper. If I remember right experts have been arguing about the basket of purchases for a while now. Apparently Turkstat has not published a detailed price list since 2022 https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-inflation-exceeds-expectations-in-september-300365 It would be better to have a sensible estimate for 2023 than an inaccurate estimate every month. After all the economists must have figured out 2023 to the nearest 10% or so by now I guess - or maybe not! Chidgk1 (talk) 06:51, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]