Can Baydarol That’s a fine saying. ‘The outcome of wars shows not who is right, but who is strong!’ If I remember correctly, it was Bertrand Russell who said it.…
Levent Gürses The US-Israel joint attack on Iran, which began in the early hours of 28 February, is severely impacting both the Turkish economy and the global economy and markets.…
Osman Şenkul The Council of Europe and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement approximately two weeks ago (25 February) on a regulation aimed at expanding the scope of the…
Chris Skinner Many have argued for years that branches are dead. Many in the fintech world believe that people don’t need branches. Some think that the pandemic proved that customers…
Can Baydarol Under normal circumstances, I would not write a column in the form of lecture notes in a column allocated to me. However, given that the EU has brought…
Levent Gürses A striking transfer of capital is taking place in Turkey. On the one hand, there are reports of incredible poverty; on the other, payments flowing freely from the…
Christine Lagarde It is a mark of how much our world has changed that a central banker speaks at the Munich Security Conference on supply chains. A decade ago, this…
Chris Skinner I just watched The Life of Chuck based upon a story by Stephen King (strongly recommended). Throughout the film, it constantly references Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar. The Cosmic…
Levent Gürses International indicators are very important; they reveal Turkey’s place in the world and our situation in terms of the economy and social indicators. Let me mention just the…
Levent Gürses When January inflation came out high, forecasts changed. The Central Bank raised its inflation forecast from 13-19 per cent to 15-21 per cent. Even if inflation ends the…
Who is the winner of the war?
Can Baydarol That’s a fine saying. ‘The outcome of wars shows not who is right, but who is strong!’ If I remember correctly, it was Bertrand Russell who said it.…
Turkey’s economy, which has been in a never-ending crisis for years, could deteriorate further with the Iran war
Levent Gürses The US-Israel joint attack on Iran, which began in the early hours of 28 February, is severely impacting both the Turkish economy and the global economy and markets.…
New support measures are coming for the unemployed in Europe, while the situation is worsening here
Osman Şenkul The Council of Europe and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement approximately two weeks ago (25 February) on a regulation aimed at expanding the scope of the…
Why bank branches still matter
Chris Skinner Many have argued for years that branches are dead. Many in the fintech world believe that people don’t need branches. Some think that the pandemic proved that customers…
A significant risk under sui generis: Was it manufactured in the EU? Was it manufactured in conjunction with the EU?
Can Baydarol Under normal circumstances, I would not write a column in the form of lecture notes in a column allocated to me. However, given that the EU has brought…
Guaranteed roads and hospitals received $4.7 billion, yet 2 million children still live in deep poverty
Levent Gürses A striking transfer of capital is taking place in Turkey. On the one hand, there are reports of incredible poverty; on the other, payments flowing freely from the…
Preparing for geo-economic fragmentation
Christine Lagarde It is a mark of how much our world has changed that a central banker speaks at the Munich Security Conference on supply chains. A decade ago, this…
Elon Musk: I am an alien
Chris Skinner I just watched The Life of Chuck based upon a story by Stephen King (strongly recommended). Throughout the film, it constantly references Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar. The Cosmic…
We rank fifth in income inequality, and we are by far first in those who cannot afford meat or poultry
Levent Gürses International indicators are very important; they reveal Turkey’s place in the world and our situation in terms of the economy and social indicators. Let me mention just the…
While constantly losing ground in corruption and lawlessness, we are still in the top 10 despite setting new targets for inflation
Levent Gürses When January inflation came out high, forecasts changed. The Central Bank raised its inflation forecast from 13-19 per cent to 15-21 per cent. Even if inflation ends the…