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Disbanding militias in Benghazi
If you live in a normal country, you are probably not allowed to own a rocket launcher. Last week I read in the Libya Herald that authorities in that country had decided…
Why the fall in exports calls up the fiscal rule?
With a focus on the “moment” these all are right steps towards stability. From a dynamic perspective, however, these are proved wrong. There were two factors that…
If you cannot lower expenditures, update the taxes
The only thing that has changed, if you ask me, is that now we are calling price increases introduced to improve indirect tax revenues “updates.” To which part of the…
Where did the government make a mistake?
Turkey will have three different elections in three years and the PKK will exploit this process. One year ago the negotiations between the PKK and National Intelligence…
The CB’s hands are clean
It seems we will be searching who did wrong as we are keenly interested in identifying wrongdoings and wrongdoers. With the economic growth in the first quarter slipping…
What are the odds that the CB didn’t know about tax measures?
The probability that the CB took its latest decisions having no knowledge of the tax revenue raising measures to come is one in thousand, if not zero. The latest tax…
A fake justice system cannot build a financial center in Istanbul
Turkey’s justice system is not functioning properly. It is not necessary to be a defendant or a relative of one to reach this conclusion Turkey’s justice system is not…
Why Antakya is feeling Syria’s pain
It is Antakya for us Turks, and Antioch to most others. The city is part of Hatay province in the southeast of Turkey, right on the Syrian border. I mostly know of…
Why Turkey’s industrial giants have switched to construction
I am starting to believe that the flaws of the industrial incentive system are not what push an electronics giant to do construction in Istanbul. Here is the issue that…
The country off the agenda: Syria
The bitter side is that the issue of Syria is progressively falling off the agenda of world public opinion. While the uprising in Syria turns into a civil war, gloomy…
Risks everywhere!
European stability funds will impose certain terms for applicant countries and will closely monitor if these terms are met or not. The other day, I stressed three risk…
Let’s hope that international conditions do not deteriorate in 2013
Domestic economic policy will make a limited contribution to growth. All we can do is hope that international conditions do not deteriorate In the first three quarters…