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Changing character of struggle with the PKK
You might know the famous metaphor Mao used for clarifying the relationship between guerillas and people. The metaphor is based on the relationship between fish and the…
Pessimistic speculations about China
In a country like China which has such a low household consumption rate, who is supposed to buy the goods and services to be produced with the huge capacity developed…
No innovation without a new constitution
Turkey has to “be realistic and demand the impossible” for a new constitution. This is the only way it can become the tenth largest economy of the world. Have you ever…
Who wants Kim?
Why do the North Korean people fail to overthrow the dictatorship which has been confining them to death of starvation for decades? On the North Korean channel…
Between Sarkozy and Erdogan
A new problem is looming between France and Turkey. Its origin, however, does not lie in Anatolia, but in France's domestic politics. Europe's financial crisis remains…
Need for a new economic program (5)
The level and quality of education as well as the technological content of production and export must be enhanced remarkably. Let me continue the series on the “need for…
Bear in mind Maynard's warning
“One thing that has always surprised me about the Turkish economy is that it has ended up with accumulating wealth at the end of all periods of imbalance.” The Turkish…
Do you think the PKK is stupid?
Turkey-Syria relations are getting tenser by the day. Turkey is not only criticizing the Syrian government for its methods but also drawing attention to the PKK problem.…
Things are the same at FED, we must focus on Europe
We should not expect a policy change that will trigger capital outflow from countries like Turkey until the end of 2012. After the committee meeting the day before, the…
Will the Turkish economy grow in 2012?
2012 growth rate at the 1 to 3 percent interval seems reasonable. Yesterday, third quarter growth rate was announced at 8.2 percent. Growth figure for the first quarter,…
The crisis did not hit the Turkey 25
Where will a company that has an annual turnover of US$ 1 billion and that grows annually by 250 percent in average be in five years? Recently, the 25 fastest growing…