TUR: Positive Catalysts, Expensive Valuation

The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF offers broad exposure to Turkish equities, covering most of the free float-adjusted market cap. Key catalysts for TUR include ongoing monetary easing, benefiting industrials and potentially improving bank profitability as net interest income recovers. Given high valuation and persistent macro risks, I rate TUR as HOLD, awaiting a more attractive entry point despite positive economic momentum.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 20, 2025

These Single-Country ETFs Can Hedge Your U.S. Risk

Single-country funds can reduce overall portfolio risk by acting differently than the S&P 500, offering diversification beyond broad international indexes.

Barrons • Oct 22, 2025

Ratings agency Moody's boosted Turkey's credit ratings, citing stabilizing and disinflationary central bank policy

The ratings agency said Friday it lifted the country's long-term foreign currency sovereign-credit ratings and local currency issuer ratings to Ba3 from B1.

WSJ • Jul 25, 2025

TUR: Investing In The Turkish Economy

iShares MSCI Turkey ETF offers diversified exposure to Turkey's high-growth sectors—industrials, financials, and consumer defensives—positioning it for potential upside amid economic reforms. Risks like currency depreciation, high inflation, and political instability remain significant and could undermine returns for USD-based investors. TUR's lower expense ratio and broader diversification make it more appealing than ITKY, but concentrated holdings and low liquidity add to the risk.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 14, 2025

Country ETFs to Gain/Lose on Oil Price Rebound

A surprise Israeli strike on Iran sent oil prices soaring. This may prompt sharp reactions in country ETFs such as ENOR (upside) and INDY (downside).

Zacks Investment Research • Jun 13, 2025

Country ETFs Since 'Liberation Day'

Since President Trump's second term began with the Inauguration on January 20th, the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is down 16.5% compared to a 6.2% drop for the all world ex US ETF (CWI). It's early, but the rest of the world is solidly beating US markets so far under Trump 2.0. The average country ETF is down exactly 10% in the two and a half trading days since Trump's "Liberation Day," and the only two down less than 5% are India (INDA) and Turkey (TUR).

Seeking Alpha • Apr 8, 2025

TUR: Less Optimism Than Before, Still A Hold

The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF faces significant challenges, including a volatile Lira, high inflation, and recent political instability affecting market confidence. Inflation in Türkiye has been a major issue, reaching 85% YoY in 2022, but has shown signs of stabilizing with key interest rates falling. A recent 12% plunge in TUR's price was triggered by high-profile arrests, causing market uncertainty and potential continued sell-offs.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 20, 2025

TUR: Not Easy To Take A Definitive Stance

Since December 2023, the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF has experienced a volatile journey while eventually underperforming global markets. Looking ahead, we feel quite ambiguous about TUR's prospects as the macroeconomic backdrop, the valuation picture, and the technicals all provide a conflicting image. Turkey's GDP prospects look underwhelming, but inflation appears to be trending lower, and the central bank has just kickstarted a movement of interest rate cuts that could persist through this year.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 9, 2025

Turkey Strong-Armed Inflation. Stocks Feel the Pain.

Rates need to fall more before Turkish savers shift to stocks again, and 47% annual inflation doesn't exactly signal a stable economy yet.

Barrons • Jan 4, 2025

Highest And Lowest Country ETF Dividend Yields

US equities have outperformed the rest of the world for a long time now. While the US is up 58% on a total return basis during the current bull market, the rest of the world is up 13.5 percentage points less at +44.5%. Looking at the international dividend ETF over a longer time frame, over the last five years, it's up 20.6% in price and more than double that on a total return basis.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 14, 2024