The key challenge is to enrich the people and strengthen the middle class. Without a strong middle class, Turkey cannot become a high-income...

  It is highly probable that slow growth – zero or negative growth when adjusted to population growth – has pertained in the second quarter of the...

  Isn’t it a major weakness for Turkey to sacrifice growth in order to ease its current account deficit? The economy slowed down drastically in the...

  If Turkey could improve its female labor force participation rate to that of South Korea, it could have a national income of $1.1 trillion today....

If price of crude oil does not change, the future performance of inflation will depend on the exchange rate developments. In recent commentaries, I...

  Women in Turkey do not work. I think that our cities are simply not women-friendly environments. Women in Turkey just don’t work. Our country has...

  Yes, two Greeks make one German in terms of productivity. But two Turks hardly make a Greek. The world has been changing constantly. Even the...

Political targets which are not clarified at the beginning would break down allies as time passes. The conflicts in Syria are turning out to be a...

  If the downturn in the index is over, is this sufficient evidence that economic recovery has started as of the second quarter? Figures suggest...

  It would not be a surprise if Q1 growth falls below 2 percent. More importantly, figures imply that Q2 growth might not be any different,...