Güven Sak, PhD
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If energy imports drive the deficit, Turkey’s unemployment rate is actually 35%
Those who insist that the current account deficit would dissolve if Turkey’s energy bill could stop growing should argue that Turkey’s unemployment rate is 35% rather…
What is the problem with Italy?
It was in 2011, and I was talking to a friend in London who had just returned from Davos. My friend pitied the Italian government officials trying to arrange meetings…
The Kaesong Industrial Region is operable, the Jenin Industrial Estate project on hold
North and South Korea were able to settle matters much more quickly than Israel, Palestine, and Turkey were able to find a compromise. If you travel south for about two…
How a course can have 155,000 students?
If you cannot tap the potential, someone else will. In the end, selected children of ours can have it made in the shade. Here is one thought left from the year before:…
Two perspectives on Turkey
Recently I read two interviews in two different Turkish newspapers. In them, I found two perspectives on Turkey, so far apart yet so complementary. The first interview…
E-books are more expensive than printed ones in Turkey, unlike elsewhere
In the rest of the world, an electronic book is sold at one third of the price of the printed book. Not in Turkey. Electronic books are cheaper than printed books all…
The UAE is to be the latest industrial country in our region
The UAE might have made bad investment decisions, but the figures prove that they are taking firm steps towards becoming an industrial country. It appears one of the…
What is the problem with Turkish soap operas?
So many questions could be raised about Turkey being a regional power, but one thing stands out beyond argument: Turkey’s “soap opera” power is spreading through the…
Why does Turkey trail behind in pharmaceuticals exports?
Turkey has a thousandth share in pharmaceuticals exports worldwide. It has failed to transform its health industry over the last decade. Turkey's health sector…
Nostalgia does not bring prosperity
In 2013, what does a physicist do in Turkey, other than go abroad or tutor high school students studying for the university exam? Who deliberates on the future only can…
Terror financing bill not exactly in line with FATF recommendations
The Turkish Parliament has just passed a law for the prevention of terrorism financing. It is not exactly the law that the infamous Financial Action Task Force (FATF),…
‘Is there a place named Samsung?'
Why is Vestel not able to become like Samsung although Turkey smothers it companies with incentives? My nephew Sarp just turned 8 years old. He can read now and he likes…