I was pleased by what I saw in Rawabi. The Palestinians are driving a nail in their very old Palestine and building a new city. A new Palestinian...
There is now less than a week left until the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg. This is the eighth time that 20 heads of state have come together. I...
The Middle East is not as important for the US as it used to be. It is for China, and unfortunately for Turkey, which has not done its homework. The...
Making things even harder for entrepreneurs, Turkey is now at the dawn of a new process that will further reduce its horizon. Last week I noted that...
Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was 58 when the Oslo Accords between Israel and Palestine were signed. That was 20...
Turkey found relief due to the recent actions of the Federal Reserve Bank. Today’s troubles, in the same way, will be because the Bank will alter its...
On top of this contented solitude, the world is at the dawn of a new era that will exacerbate the isolation of Turkish companies. Are you aware that...
The Wall Street Journal now has an online Turkish portal. It’s very useful. The other day, it carried a piece on the agenda of Turkey’s Cabinet. In...
Since the Gezi Park incident, I have started to differentiate between rural and urban people when thinking about world affairs. The other day I was...
There is a dramatic difference between the north and the south concerning the number of railway connections. North Africa hardly has any. <img...