Güven Sak, PhD
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There is no need to worry
For now, there is no connection between what we are witnessing and what Europe is going through. The recent market movement has domestic causes. There is no need to…
‘Let’s go to Tahrir’ in Nicosia
I have noted some time ago that there are two types of countries in the Middle East, the ones that require demonstrations in their Tahrir Squares to initiate change and…
No asphalt roads, no automobiles.
The pictures below of two families from Egypt and Chad, respectively, are good course materials for understanding the technology content of the import demands of the two…
No new orders from Syria since the New Year
Syria is among the top five trading partners of Kocaeli. It seems that the country's lack of an industrial strategy will be very costly. Recently I visited Kocaeli, an…
It's the politics, stupid
For a professional economist, the global crisis is a heaven-sent opportunity to observe what is normally unobservable. Crises are good laboratories. Nowadays, I am…
Turkish companies rank first in World Bank tenders
Companies that built highways and big construction projects in the Özal period today have become giants which seek business opportunities on the global scale. Recently a…
PM Erdoğan must take care of neglected issues.
Turkey has to get over the attitude of an average student who is content with the minimum grade to pass the class. Turkey has neglected issues, as I mentioned last week.…
Why business as usual between Israel and Turkey
The well-known secret around town nowadays is the increasing number of contacts between Israel and Turkey. I don't know whether official contacts are working in the…
500 billion dollars in exports cannot be achieved with marketing departments
Those who show interest in Turkey are the marketing departments of large globalized companies seeking the country's domestic market. The election is over. The will of…
Getting off the blacklist is a good thing
Turkey is acting as a responsible member of the political globalization process. The shares of the Arab Turkish Bank belonging to the Libyan government via the Libyan…
What is the problem with Afghanistan?
Afghanistan was in the news again. But this time, it was different. This time I am not referring to any kind of a terror attack on anywhere but the root cause. The…
Heated or not?
Growth is a good thing as long as it is sustainable. Otherwise, it wastes the resources of the private sector. Are you demoralized by the unfruitful economic policy…