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Protesters are the patrons of the police
I believe that the attitude of the police towards protesters is one of the most critical stages of their mental transformation. So what happened at Middle East Technical…
State and substate actors in Turkey: Which has more intelligence?
The bugging devices found in Prime Minister Erdoğan’s office triggered a debate on the Turkish intelligence services. To understand this story, we need historical…
Women will save Turkey
If they leave their homes and join the labor force, women really can save Turkey. I remember a story in Bloomberg earlier this year that said the sales of adult diapers…
Looking towards 2012 (4)
If growth rate remains around the potential rate at 4 percent, unemployment rate will be rigid at around the current 9 percent. In 2013 the economic outlook might as…
Turkey’s eroding industrial base shows bad policy
Deindustrialization is the surest way to stuck Turkey in the middle. Whenever I am asked to comment on the last 10 years in Turkey, I find myself reaching for the…
Looking towards 2012 (3)
If external conditions evolve in line with the assumptions I presented in the previous commentary, 2013 will be a better year than 2012 for Turkey in terms of the…
A business is futile if its value is based on the value of the land
Competition driven by rental income takes place behind closed doors. It is for a reason that polls show a strong perception of corruption within municipalities.…
The meaning of ‘terrorist’ for the US and Turkey
There seems to be no consensus between the allies regarding the political projections, risk perceptions and the identities of the future actors of the post-al-Assad…
Looking towards 2013 (2)
As the majority of the conditions that will influence Turkey’s economic performance in 2013 are not under our control, we have to design a set of different scenarios.…
Looking toward 2013 (1)
In the light of the available information, we can suggest that Turkey’s annual growth rate in 2012 will be around 2.5 percent. Having approached the new year, it is time…
Women are employed only if there are no men left to employ
Today we are about to learn that if half of the population is confined to their homes, Turkey will not become affluent. Turkey is the only OECD country in which the…
Turkey trapped in the middle
Turkey’s economy is trapped in the middle because of the persistent mediocrity of our education, tax and judicial systems. The title should sound familiar. It may seem…