Demonstrations in Istanbul spread to other cities. They will probably continue for a while. Everyone is discussing their causes and consequences....

The expectation that the FED will aggressively increase interest rates before the anticipated timeframe dampened the risk appetite towards Turkey and...

Deliberative democracy is the best prescription for all types of discontent. Turkey needs further dialogue and more tools for deliberative...

I remembered the famous Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken” while listening to M. Marzouki in Ankara the other day. The poem reads, “Two roads...

If the FED does “now” what it did “then” (in terms of direction and magnitude) what would be the consequences for Turkey? In the last couple of...

In these times where quality is becoming more important than quantity, walkable cities rich with parks and restaurants are integral parts of the...

The more active stance taken by Hezbollah and Iran in the Syrian civil war made the Turkish government angry and triggered a series of reckless...

Middle class implies stability. Not in the sense of creating it, but registering it. I think there are two types of persons: those who have bank...

In the light of the information available, 4 percent growth in 2013 is still achievable. Lately I have addressed the vulnerabilities facing...

Every year, more than 30 million tourists visit Turkey, making it the sixth largest tourist destination in the world (excluding the United States...