Güven Sak, PhD
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Egypt is no Sudan
Like Sudan, Egypt’s economic situation looks gloomy. Unlike Sudan there is hope on the ground in Egypt, which is rather good for expectations management. Egypt and Sudan…
If it was TOKİ, Barcelona would not be as it is today
If it was TOKİ, Barcelona would probably have turned into a compilation of distant and strictly separated satellite towns. I am sincerely sorry that I cannot cite…
The TOKİ model dates from the 1930s
Why can't the TOKİ model deliver any good even with good intentions? Sudden floods claimed lives in Russia and Turkey last week. Twelve people were killed in Turkey’s…
Muslims don’t trade enough
Most of the OIC countries have closed and heavily controlled economies and they don’t trade enough among themselves. Because their governments don’t allow them. I used…
'Turks have the sense of time'
Any country willing to undertake a regional role has to go beyond rural coffee talk. The other day in Barcelona, an official from a company that does business in Turkey…
80 Mango stores in Turkey, 5 in Egypt
To be able to assess the countries of the region with a different perspective, Turkey has to compile data. You cannot easily become the order-setter by just saying it.…
Syria and the Golden Rule
In the past, Syria has sponsored Kurdish rebels inside Turkey. Now Turkey seems to be sponsoring a similar insurgency inside Syria. There are struggles for survival…
Turkey has to strengthen its middle class
The key challenge is to enrich the people and strengthen the middle class. Without a strong middle class, Turkey cannot become a high-income country. When I was born, we…
Turkey is among the top 100 countries that disrespect women
If Turkey could improve its female labor force participation rate to that of South Korea, it could have a national income of $1.1 trillion today. What is the main…
Why don’t women work in Turkey?
Women in Turkey do not work. I think that our cities are simply not women-friendly environments. Women in Turkey just don’t work. Our country has the lowest female labor…
Perhaps we should invite Greek’s youth to Turkey
Yes, two Greeks make one German in terms of productivity. But two Turks hardly make a Greek. The world has been changing constantly. Even the meaning of what people who…
How to deliver goods from Cairo to Tunisia?
Turkey can change its fate only by diversifying trade activities towards the east. But of course, trade diversification is not an easy task. How do you deliver goods…