Güven Sak, PhD
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Why Turkey is so predominantly urban, male and western
The Turkish Statistical Institution released a survey late last year showing the country’s internet population is predominantly urban, male and western. 51% of the…
Cities need a higher share of the Gezi Park community
The current size of the creative class should be improved. Each city should have a higher share of the Gezi Park community. Otherwise, there will be no prosperity. The…
It all started in 2010
Countries which become more unbalanced in an age of declining global imbalances are called vulnerable. It was quite some time ago, in the first years of the twenty-first…
Turkey in the age of current account reversals
We appear to be living in an age of current account reversals. Just have a look at the graph below, taken from a TEPAV study. If you take both the current account…
If you don’t have a car, you can’t ride a bike in Turkey
While Turkey has yet to deal with the issues brought by the industrial revolution, the questions raised by the ICT response are already waiting to be answered. The…
Even sharks in Australia are on Twitter
We have recently realized with the Edward Snowden case that security organizations have been using a gigantic set of data about our lives without any restriction. I…
Turkey needs a fiscal rule
Tapering has revealed the vulnerability of the Turkish economy. What is Turkey’s problem? The current account deficit is going to be too high, the growth rate is going…
Shopping malls are now the world’s biggest buildings
I started with shopping malls and digressed to corruption and the parallel state. I feel that I should not go any further. The biggest building in the world is a…
If the cities are not child-friendly, shopping malls will proliferate
Let me tell you how: be creative and focus on the right measures. Change urbanization policies. “In the heart of Ankara, in Kızılay, stores on busy streets are not worth…
Why do the Turks have a fascination with the State?
Looking for a difference in attitude between the Turks and the Europeans? Let me tell you one. Turks do not trust each other but have a deep-seated trust towards the…
Why would a Harvard graduate open a kebab house?
hat is this about, the quality of the education at Harvard or the investment climate in Turkey? I vote for the second. I have been thinking about this for a long time.…
The country of the year was the modest Uruguay
I really liked Jose Mujica. He is not after cheap heroism as Chavez was. He is working quietly and humbly. Jose Mujica is 78 years old. A former Tupamaros guerilla, he…