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Why are the people and the deputies of the parliament not alike?
Why were the people in Antalya able to discuss any issue around a roundtable, looking each other in the eye, when their deputies have been brawling in Ankara? Last…
Dentists as Green Shoots
Unemployment levels and jobless claims are declining, everything seems fine, but it is hard to shake the lingering feel of uncertainty. It was first mentioned on CNBC’s…
Industrial output on decline
In January, the downwards trend in both the output level and pace of increase in output became visible. In January, seasonally and working-day adjusted industrial output…
The 4+4+4 formula is unfair
Studies suggest that designing an education system that classifies children at an age and on the basis of their success is unfair. Germany’s 4+6+2 formula for compulsory…
Some observations on exports
Today, I want to review the correlation between Turkey’s export performance and export partners’ growth performance. According to the newly revised IMF estimate, Europe,…
Lessons of the ‘humanitarian corridor’
As for Turkey, the apparent “humanitarian corridor” that was applied in Iraq after the First Gulf War was evidently not educational enough. Foreign Minister Ahmet…
How will inflation rate change?
Growth rate is not the only macroeconomic indicator which is hard to estimate for 2012. Currently, it is even difficult to estimate the inflation outlook. Inflation…
We need smart projects, not crazy ones
Revision brings good. Today’s world requires smart projects, not crazy ones. We have a great deal to lose now. The old project involving Sinop has risen from the grave…
Some unpleasant facts about unemployment
Unemployment rate around 10 percent is about to become the fate of Turkey. This should be prevented. Last Thursday average unemployment rate for 2011 was announced. In…
This still is not an education reform bill.
Turkey needs to find structural solutions to structural problems and to give up empty talk. This week, it snowed more than ever in Ankara. On Tuesday, when the heavy…
New Euro injection
Huge injections by the ECB do not eliminate the fundamental problems of Europe. Yet, it is not the ECB’s duty to solve Europe’s problems. On December 21, European…
Intelligence wars: quo vadis?
The rapidly changing agenda in Turkey doesn’t mean disputed issues have been resolved. Problems are either frozen or kept waiting until they will be argued again. Though…