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Warren Buffett: You don’t have to be an expert on every company

Warren Buffett, revered for turning Berkshire Hathaway Inc. into a global powerhouse, credits his success not to complexity, but to discipline. “You don’t have to be an expert on every…

The trial process in the Çaldağı case has resumed

A new phase has been reached in the long-running legal battle against the planned nickel mine project in Çaldağı, Turgutlu. Following the European Court of Human Rights’ decision to overturn…

Supply chain

Can Baydarol In 1987, when Turkey applied for full membership of the European Communities (EC), Jacques Delors was the President of the European Commission. To be frank, we Turks did…

Minimum wage; a historic disaster emerged from the table without workers

Levent Gürses This week’s headline was the minimum wage, announced at a gross 33,030 lira and a net 28,075 lira for the new year, which remains below the poverty line.…

The way to offset the impact of high prices is to increase production

Osman Şenkul In the 5th century BC, while Crete was a centre of civilisation on one of the two large islands in the southern Aegean Sea, Rhodes was a stronghold…

The tax burden should be distributed fairly, as it was 25 centuries ago

Osman Şenkul Pericles, considered one of the most powerful statesmen of Ancient Greece, was born in 495 BC and died in 429 BC. During his childhood, he studied under the…

An endemic species in the Mediterranean: Seagrasses

Seagrasses are flowering plants that are widely distributed throughout the world. They take root, stem and leaf form on the seabed, attaching themselves to the sediment with their roots and…

So said Trump

Can Baydarol US President Donald Trump is not holding back from declaring his intention to completely dismantle the established world order. His recent statements about bringing about the end of…

Is it a bubble?

Howard Marks I have lived through several bubbles and read about others. One might think the losses experienced when past bubbles popped would discourage the next one from forming. But…

While resources are being spent on interest, millions are living on borrowed money

Levent Gürses Last week brought striking data and statements. The Treasury and Finance Ministry announced the budget figures for November. In 11 months, 1.9 trillion TL went to interest payments…