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Syria: Lessons in ‘armed struggle’ as the government changes strategy
Representatives of Syrian opposition groups, which are carrying on their activities in Istanbul, keep sharing their views on various issues with the media. The most…
A country which cannot go beyond producing iPad cases cannot manufacture automobiles.
A country that has not decided what to do in the field of intellectual property rights cannot improve its domestic value added. Nowadays we have become obsessed with the…
Speed is not always bad
The most unpleasant challenge to this type of economic policies is the sudden reversal of the economic circumstances. Industrial production index figures for August were…
Which one?
The objective of the CBT to limit the credit expansion was relevant. But why did the BRSA not take the decision needed so as for the CBT decision to work? News spread…
Mubarak as initiator of Arab Spring
Hosni Mubarak is on trial. His country is in transition, and the youth of Tahrir Square is lost in disillusionment. I have been looking at the photos of Mubarak facing…
What distinguished Steve Jobs?
An entrepreneur is like a sculptor who sees the shape in the stone block before he begins. Apple saw the Macintosh in Xerox Alto. This is what distinguished Steve Jobs.…
Exchange rate movements: why different now?
Global risk perception is high and capital is heading towards safe havens. Exchange rate has been moving up for some time now. On Tuesday, the value of the Dollar-Euro…
Whither the PKK problem?
Let’s take a closer look at how the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have positioned themselves as…
Shining like a star
The gap between per capita income in developed countries and in Turkey did not narrow down despite the 4.8 percent average growth. In his inauguration speech for the new…
“Help the rich, have mercy on them”
More than a century ago, Karl Marx said that socialism primarily is a reality of developed countries. Something odd is happening in the US. The fire of rebellion that…