Güven Sak, PhD
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The Paris Protocol is bad economics for Palestine
I had a déjà vu experience in Ramallah last Monday. It was like old intifada times. Slogans being chanted, burning tires placed over large rocks blocking cars, children…
Turkey ranks third in the world in housing price growth
Between June 2011 and 2012, house prices in Turkey increased by 10.5 percent. The rate for Brazil was 18.4 percent As of June 2012, Turkey was third in the world in…
You see Samsung when you open up an Apple
Apple is buying parts from its rival because Samsung produces the highest-quality parts at the lowest prices. Apple has needed Samsung to become what it is today. Such…
The race for the iron rice bowl
A highly disproportional number of university graduates in Turkey are looking for a civil service job. This Ramadan, on August 26, a crowd of unemployed university…
The number of applicants for public employee exams has reached a million
Over the last decade, the number of public employees has increased by 30 percent. New employment in the public sector in the first half of 2012 was about 250,000. Let’s…
How to solve a 19th-century problem?
Today, the Turkish political elite are still looking at the problem with a 19th-century bias. Why did the call of Mr. Cemil Çiçek, the speaker of Parliament, for…
Why has Turkey always been a loser?
In the current era where growth is indexed to ideas, Turkey needs creative minds and an infrastructure to protect their products. The other day I cited the European…
Lessons to be learned from the Samsung versus Apple lawsuit
It is for a purpose that the justice system of the US is considered functional while that of South Korea is considered functional-to-be. Last week, the jury of an…
South Africa beats Turkey in Palestine
Turkey is talking, South Africa acting for Palestine. That is an ongoing discussion between South Africa and Israel. I see two types of countries in the world: those who…
Turkey is not at the center of the world
As the center of the world is changing, has Turkey made any effort to secure itself a seat in this new geographical center? The trend of self-pity has returned in…
What Bodrum needs is a new constitution
Turkey needs a new constitution, immediately. The survival of Bodrum and the prosperity of its residents depend on this. No, I don’t intend to proclaim the “Independent…
Why Iraq matters
Why rattle relations with Iraq now, you may ask? It is oil, Kurdish oil. The growing tension between Baghdad and Ankara is not good. History shows that political…