So, who should the Venezuelan people blame? The people who try to extend their profits within a state-designed system? Not in Turkey, thank...

Even the FED does not initiate tapering on 17-18 December, the statements after the meeting might alter expectations on the timing and the magnitude...

Let’s try to name the winter of our discontent in Ankara. With the Geneva interim agreement, we were able to see a change in the regional landscape...

So, the billion-dollar question is, why did the BRSA not step up earlier in the late 2010 or early 2011? The Banking Regulation and Supervision...

Turkey is one of the two OECD countries which have achieved the most rapid decrease in income gap between the rich and the poor; yet, this has not...

These steps will further reduce GDP growth in 2014. From this perspective, the decisions were untimely. But when you neglect this significant delay,...

Taking into account the current vulnerabilities facing the Turkish economy, two external determinants come to the fore: the US and Europe. It is...

In the 1960s, Turkey, Korea, and Egypt had the same GDP per capita. Should we compare ourselves with Korea and feel frustrated or should we look at...

It is time for self-criticism. But please hear my version of story first and then decide. To be continued. If I were you, I had long ago asked...

Have you read Murakami’s 1Q84? One of the main characters of the novel, Tengo, is a cram school math teacher by day and a wannabe novelist by ...