Levent Gürses As important data was released one after another in the last week of the year, it became clear what kind of income inequality, unemployment and poverty we are…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Can Baydarol During the 39th Congress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), its leader Özgür Özel made two pledges that were of professional interest to me. I had previously shared…
Osman Şenkul Germany’s largest bank, in terms of both turnover and number of employees, the Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank, drew attention to the “mysteries” in the “net errors and omissions” category…
The data shows how we entered the new year with income inequality
Levent Gürses As important data was released one after another in the last week of the year, it became clear what kind of income inequality, unemployment and poverty we are…
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…
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…
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…
Visa-Free Europe: Dream or Reality?
Can Baydarol During the 39th Congress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), its leader Özgür Özel made two pledges that were of professional interest to me. I had previously shared…
Allocating a small portion of the “net errors and omissions” to farmers would reduce food inflation
Osman Şenkul Germany’s largest bank, in terms of both turnover and number of employees, the Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank, drew attention to the “mysteries” in the “net errors and omissions” category…