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Arab Spring, ‘model’ debate and the Turkish experience
Three distinct groups of people believe that Turkish democracy was built after the 2002 general elections. First are some cunning Westerners. They present Turkey as an…
Do you need to see evaporation to be convinced?
In the last two quarters, and in the last quarter in particular, private consumption expenditures stand clearly above the trend line. Topics are coming over me. Of…
PM Erdoğan must take care of neglected issues.
Turkey has to get over the attitude of an average student who is content with the minimum grade to pass the class. Turkey has neglected issues, as I mentioned last week.…
What should monetary policy debates focus on?
The new monetary policy implemented by the CBT can hardly be successful without the support of the BRSA. Can an independent authority (The Central Bank of Turkey - CBT)…
Why business as usual between Israel and Turkey
The well-known secret around town nowadays is the increasing number of contacts between Israel and Turkey. I don't know whether official contacts are working in the…
500 billion dollars in exports cannot be achieved with marketing departments
Those who show interest in Turkey are the marketing departments of large globalized companies seeking the country's domestic market. The election is over. The will of…
Israeli army doing its homework
Statistics show the number of inter-state conflicts after the end of the Cold War has considerably decreased. Nevertheless, the role of soldiers in security issues has…
What will the Central Bank do from now on?
The Central Bank's actions should no longer be thought of in the usual inflation targeting framework. Since mid-2008, early 2009, the previously observed inertia in…
Inflation developments
I deeply doubt the extent to which core inflation indicates the core inflation. A month ago, the consumer price increase was announced to be -1.43. This way, inflation,…
Getting off the blacklist is a good thing
Turkey is acting as a responsible member of the political globalization process. The shares of the Arab Turkish Bank belonging to the Libyan government via the Libyan…
What is the problem with Afghanistan?
Afghanistan was in the news again. But this time, it was different. This time I am not referring to any kind of a terror attack on anywhere but the root cause. The…