In conclusion, Turkey cannot keep up with rich countries just by raising savings and investments. Last Thursday I compared domestic savings rates of...

On top of this contented solitude, the world is at the dawn of a new era that will exacerbate the isolation of Turkish companies. Are you aware that...

We sure do not desire a drastic increase in these rates within a short time frame. But given the low domestic savings rate, all you can do is to wait...

The Wall Street Journal now has an online Turkish portal. It’s very useful. The other day, it carried a piece on the agenda of Turkey’s Cabinet. In...

Since the Gezi Park incident, I have started to differentiate between rural and urban people when thinking about world affairs. The other day I was...

Turkey’s savings rate is low in comparison to not only the BRICs but also developing and upper-middle income countries. I previously compared the...

The Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government had two goals when it “trimmed” the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in legal, psychological, political, technical,...

Industrial output growth in the first quarter was radically below the impressive rates in 2011. Yet, there is the bright side of the...

There is a dramatic difference between the north and the south concerning the number of railway connections. North Africa hardly has any. <img...

The current environment is evidently marked by uncertainties, which is the nemesis of the confidence in the economy. Although a week has passed...