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A fragile ceasefire, who is the winner of the war, and $1.2 billion for motorways and hospitals

Levent Gürses A ceasefire was declared 40 days after the war launched by US-Israeli aggression against Iran on 28 February. In fact, a ceasefire was declared, but the war is…

Whilst our neighbour supports farmers, we are heading for the top spot in food inflation

Osman Şenkul In the 7th century BC, just as Crete was a centre of civilisation among the two major islands south of the Aegean Sea, Rhodes was the main stronghold…

Where did money come from?

Chris Skinner It’s quite strange when you think about money as a lot of money has disappeared or been recreated over the years. 250 years ago, there was no US…

Will the Montreux Convention on the Straits be breached?

Can Baydarol More than a month has passed since the US-Israel alliance launched its war against Iran. As the question of who is winning remains unanswered, the majority believe the…

We are heading towards stagflation; hunger is just around the corner; even if the war ends, the shock will continue…

Levent Gürses The economic crisis that has persisted since 2018, the lockdowns and economic standstill experienced during the pandemic, the hardships brought about by the war in Ukraine, and now…

Trump wants to weaken China and Europe; his only supporters are American billionaires

Osman Şenkul US customs duties, which stood at $79 billion in 2024, rose by 234 per cent to $264 billion in 2025, the year Donald Trump took office for a…

The health costs of the oil fires in Iran could take years to pay off

Dr Semih Ayta, representative of the Turkish Neurological Society at the Clean Air Rights Platform: “The scale of the incident in Iran is enormous. According to modelling, it appears that…

Playing the fool in business and markets

John Elkington The power of the Fool and Jester—even sometimes of the Trickster—was about licensed transgression, a formally sanctioned role that could say the unsayable precisely because it arrived wrapped…

The Paris Climate Treaty changed the world; here’s how

Rebecca Solnit Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Climate Treaty, one of the landmark days in climate-action history. Attending the conference as a journalist, I watched and listened…

Inflation and interest rate forecasts are being revised upwards due to the impact of the war

Levent Gürses The war in Iran has begun to disrupt the delicate balance of the Turkish economy. In a process that began with fuel price rises, the acceleration of price…