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The reform decreases corruption perception and increases public satisfaction
First findings of the research "Vision of the Society about Public Administration and Public Services" were recently announced. The research was carried out by Fikret…
How much will the economy contract in 2009? (2)
The title question can also be asked as "What will be the contraction in 2009 in comparison with 5.7 percent of contraction in 2001?" To give a satisfactory answer for…
To what degree we are ready for the Everlasting Trials Period
Are your aware that the process we are in has an everlasting period? Barack Obama, new US President explained what this period meant in the best way possible. A few days…
The ostrich tactic did not work; the global crisis is now the crisis of Turkey
There are different ecoles of people. Nowadays we are familiar with the kind that makes unnecessary explanations. While the global crisis becomes the crisis of Turkey,…
How much will Turkey’s economy contract in 2009 (1)?
What will be the rate of economic contraction for Turkey in 2009? This question can certainly be answered by naming any figure. However, then, it is necessary to answer…
Hand in hand against the crisis
The economic program that has to be designed to tackle the crisis must involve many measures. A part of the measures are related to credit guarantee system which is…
What kind of a thinking shall be employed about the crisis?
We are in the middle of the biggest economic crisis of the era and we are still confused. There are two dominant approaches: The former desperately argues that there is…
A new recommendation to tackle the crisis (3)
I believe that the need for an integrated approach against the crisis is apparent. Despite this, however, the current administration has always done 'piecework' until…
How shall the corporate sector respond to the crisis? First challenge is the ‘You do not say embarrassment’
We are living the deepest and most far reaching crisis of the world history. The crisis is approaching our shores in full flood. Did you notice the emphasis: It has not…
A new recommendation to tackle the crisis (2)
In an environment where no one trusts another, credit channels are naturally obstructed. However, we have to make the credit channels work as soon as possible to slow…
A new recommendation to tackle the crisis
Both domestic and foreign credit channels came near to a halt. If the credit channels do not start working again, Turkish economy will contract significantly. I have…
What is that smell over the Balkans this time?
In 1930s, Rebecca West writing about the Balkans said "I hate the corpses of empires, they stink as nothing else." Back in that decade, Austria-Hungary Empire and the…