What was the magic phrase of the program implemented after the 2001-crisis? It was 'fiscal discipline'. In the aftermaths of the crisis, we first...

  These are the first days of 2010. The process we are in for a while now somehow reminds me Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities." Do you...

  The last two commentaries of 2009 were an introduction to what measures can be taken against the appreciation of Turkish lira. The first...

  First commentary of the new year... You have to create a new folder under the 'documents' folder and name it. It is easy when you say:...

  I will continue from where I stopped on Monday. The question was: if Turkey gets an 'economic story' and as a result if the lira tends to...

  The foreseeability of fiscal policy is a top priority issue for 2010. It is probable that the consequences of the wrong decisions of yesterday...

  The question is what will we do if Turkey manages to create a new success story and thus the Turkish Lira tends to appreciate? In fact, let alone...

  Mainstream economic theory is under crossfire. It is not possible to analyze the crisis using the existing models: those models do not include the...

  As per 2008, 26.5 million people in Turkey use the Internet. The number was 2.5 million people in 2000. Number of internet users rose by 40...

  Thinking on the potential growth rate of economy in 2011 makes me pessimistic to a certain extent for two reasons. First, general elections will...