Can Baydarol The TRNC (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus) elections did not attract much attention in our country. With much more heated debate in both domestic and foreign policy, the…
Noam Chomsky / September 9, 2014 Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) both accepted a ceasefire agreement on August 26th, after a 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza that left 2,100…
Levent Gürses Despite the astonishing data on poverty and the fact that the government should be spending tax revenues on social policies for the broad masses, it has been revealed…
Osman Şenkul Al Capone (Alphonse Gabriel Capone), the co-founder and boss of the infamous Chicago Outfit crime syndicate, was born in New York in 1899 to an Italian immigrant family.…
Osman Şenkul Although the ancient Greeks contributed many inventions to the modern world, there is one thing we certainly did not borrow from them: their tax systems. In the ancient…
Levent Gürses As the industrial sector continues to bleed and the textile industry in particular faces a severe crisis, more and more major companies are closing their factories in Turkey…
Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from…
Christine Lagarde Financial stability and price stability are preconditions for each other. Yet history shows that in the pursuit of price stability, monetary policy can face two key trade-offs with…
Cyprus’s election
Can Baydarol The TRNC (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus) elections did not attract much attention in our country. With much more heated debate in both domestic and foreign policy, the…
I Am in Rebellion Against Wars
Belgin Karabulut After what I call my turning point, my emotions were at such a point that I had to face myself. I was the only one to blame. For…
Ceasefires in which volations never cease: What’s Next for Israel, Hamas, and Gaza?
Noam Chomsky / September 9, 2014 Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) both accepted a ceasefire agreement on August 26th, after a 50-day Israeli assault on Gaza that left 2,100…
As poverty reaches its peak, billions of lira in tax revenue are being foregone
Levent Gürses Despite the astonishing data on poverty and the fact that the government should be spending tax revenues on social policies for the broad masses, it has been revealed…
Organised crime as a link between inequality and corruption
Osman Şenkul Al Capone (Alphonse Gabriel Capone), the co-founder and boss of the infamous Chicago Outfit crime syndicate, was born in New York in 1899 to an Italian immigrant family.…
In Ancient Greece, paying taxes increased one’s prestige, but now the wealthy avoid it and the burden falls on the workers
Osman Şenkul Although the ancient Greeks contributed many inventions to the modern world, there is one thing we certainly did not borrow from them: their tax systems. In the ancient…
Fear
Can Baydarol I must admit, as I get older, some of my abilities are declining. I can now only read and write as much as my eyes allow. The last…
Businesses no longer have the strength to survive, and the conservative business world has also begun to speak out
Levent Gürses As the industrial sector continues to bleed and the textile industry in particular faces a severe crisis, more and more major companies are closing their factories in Turkey…
Research: Solar energy is the world’s cheapest energy source
Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from…
ECB/Lagarde: Improved supervision of non-bank institutions makes financial stability risks visible
Christine Lagarde Financial stability and price stability are preconditions for each other. Yet history shows that in the pursuit of price stability, monetary policy can face two key trade-offs with…