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…
Osman Şenkul The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) took one of the most significant steps in recent history on 23 September 2021,…
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…
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest…
Can Baydarol Exactly four years are about to end. The war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, will complete its fourth year on February 24,…
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…
Osman Şenkul Karl Marx said that people make their own history, but not in the way they want to: “People (men) make their own history, but they do not make…
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…
Osman Şenkul Harvard academic Stephen M. Walt described US President Donald Trump’s strategy as ‘predatory hegemony’ in pursuit of short-term gains. Walt argued that such a strategy is not suited…
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…
IMF advice on inflation & interest rates
Osman Şenkul The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) took one of the most significant steps in recent history on 23 September 2021,…
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…
Iceland saw record temperatures last year
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest…
Endless war(s)
Can Baydarol Exactly four years are about to end. The war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, will complete its fourth year on February 24,…
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…
A strong international alliance is needed to prevent war in the Middle East, just as it was centuries ago
Osman Şenkul Karl Marx said that people make their own history, but not in the way they want to: “People (men) make their own history, but they do not make…
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…
Trump’s “predatory hegemony” was a losing strategy in history too
Osman Şenkul Harvard academic Stephen M. Walt described US President Donald Trump’s strategy as ‘predatory hegemony’ in pursuit of short-term gains. Walt argued that such a strategy is not suited…