Güven Sak, PhD
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Why does the Gao Kao’s system work but not that of the OSYM?
This is Turkey. This is why the Gao Kao can offer the university entrance test to 9.5 million students while the OSYM fails to offer sound services to only 1.5 million.…

The world’s center of gravity shifts from Izmir to Diyarbakır
While we are dealing with the Kurdish opening or the knee-deep scandals about the university placement exam, the world around us is changing at the speed of light. The…

The silver medal is not won; you lose the gold medal by a hair’s breadth
In 2009, Turkey's economy contracted like a developed country's economy that had suffered the effects of a banking crisis. And in 2010, Turkey's economy recovered like a…

The bankers’ job is to do banking; the administrator’s job is to administrate
Turkey owes its successful recovery performance to the banking system. However, these days we are angry at the banks. The growth figures for 2010 have been announced.…

The green revolution is closer
The risk of a nuclear disaster caused by the earthquake, if not the earthquake in itself, have shaken the core the belief that nuclear energy is "very safe." The…

Earthquakes are beneficial to the economy
The money circulation in the markets increases in periods following an earthquake. Immediately a rapid fund transfer mechanism steps in. I read the following years ago…

Does the Libyan path lead to Iran?
This time it would be wise to adopt an optimistic caution. The need for an export insurance mechanism in Turkey is increasing. Our neighborhood has been a mess for some…

Have you noticed the change in the price tags?
The new and fast growing trend among publishers to print the prices on the back cover again is evidence of the fact that Turkey is rapidly losing its inflationist…

I sincerely congratulate Mr. Recep Akdağ
I am of the opinion that the demonstrations could have been more comprehensive. The arbitrary decisions of the Ministry of Health in the recent period have harmed the…

The highest rank in the Libyan army is colonel
If the European Union had acquired a similar insight and executed the accession process without any interruption, Turkey most likely would not have needed the…

No wise man has been entering the industrial sector, indeed
Turkey needs an industrial policy. Deindustrialization is Turkey's biggest problem. If I were to ask you what the biggest gain of the eighty-odd-year history of the…

The CHP’s plan is more functional than that of the AKP
Your distributing goods in the form of benefits says, "I know what you need better than you do." I have been reviewing a survey conducted in February. Inequality in…