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Each country first has to do its part
Countries that call for international cooperation have to sit down and assess the strength of domestic cooperation. If there is no such cooperation across the domestic…
Corruption grows as infrastructure grows
I attended a meeting on the need for global infrastructure investments the other day. One of the speakers said, “If corruption were an industry, it would be the…
How did it happen in Turkey but not elsewhere?
On the plane to Sydney, Australia, this week, I took to reading Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar’s The Time Regulation Institute (1961). I had time; the flight from Abu Dhabi to…
Living within one’s means
Cooperation does not seem on the table from this date onward, either. That’s why Turkey has to get used to living within its means A large part of emerging market…
Why has the number of high school interns been increasing?
It was in the Bloomberg Businessweek the other day ( http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-10/silicon-valley-interns-facebook-welcomes-high-school-recruits ):…
How ISIS activity is bad for Turkey
Of the 30 billion dollar Iraqi exports, a third is from Turkey. Gaziantep alone provides around a fifth of Iraq’s imports. So Iraq by itself is important for Turkey. Now…
Is İhsanoğlu David to Erdoğan’s Goliath?
Turkey is going to elect its 12th president this year, with the election’s first round to be held on August 10. The first 11 of our presidents were elected by…
Turkey’s economy is sensitive to external shocks
Turkey suffered the highest reduction in GDP growth rate and more than doubled the average loss in output among Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico,…
A draft bill on “you-know-what”
Can you solve a problem by not naming it? That is how the Kurdish reconciliation process has been managed so far. Now, a new draft law on the issue has been sent to the…
Why the Arab Spring went wrong
When Egyptians was flooding to Tahrir Square, I was fascinated with the Arab Spring. Like many others, I too wrote in praise of the movement at the time. Then an…
Do come to see Ankara, city of ultimate fakes
Can a city be defined by fakery? Here I am not talking about politics, which can easily be added to the list when talking about ultimate fakes. I am talking about the…
In Cyprus negotiations, this time it’s different
Leaders of both Turkish and Greek communities in Cyprus recently signed a joint declaration committing themselves to a confederation of two federal states. Thus the…