Martina Igini The Italian city of Genoa on Tuesday joined a growing list of cities and municipalities around the world that are banning the advertisement of polluting products. The motion,…
Levent Gürses By the end of 2025, the proportion of wage earners in Turkey earning just 5 per cent above or below the minimum wage had reached 49.6 per cent…
Osman Şenkul One of the most important cornerstones of the organised development of international trade is undoubtedly the ‘Silk Road’. The Silk Road, which linked the Far East with Anatolia…
Chris Skinner We’ve moved from simplicity to fragmentation, and now we’re struggling with the consequences. In short, we’ve built a highly fragmented financial world in the name of innovation, and…
Kristalina Georgieva A resilient world economy is being tested again by the war in the Middle East. The conflict has caused considerable hardship around the globe. My heart goes out…
Can Baydarol Those who know me well are aware that I am particular about style. In communication, anything can be said; every emotion can be expressed, from the most intense…
Daisy Dobrijevic & Elzabeth Howell Earth Day is an annual event that started in 1970 when 20 million Americans — 10% of the population of the U.S. at the time…
Levent Gürses The war in Iran is dragging on, with no ceasefire agreement reached. The major energy crisis looks set to intensify… Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy…
Osman Şenkul In ancient India, floods—which remain quite devastating to this day—would occasionally leave peasants without crops and, more importantly, without seeds for the next planting season; consequently, famine spread,…
Levent Gürses Hopes had dimmed following the failure of US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, to reach an agreement last weekend and the US’s announcement that it would impose…
Another Italian city bans fossil fuel ads
Martina Igini The Italian city of Genoa on Tuesday joined a growing list of cities and municipalities around the world that are banning the advertisement of polluting products. The motion,…
A novelist’s perspective on the spirit of the times through the concept of ‘accessible luxury’ and a statistical snapshot of poverty
Levent Gürses By the end of 2025, the proportion of wage earners in Turkey earning just 5 per cent above or below the minimum wage had reached 49.6 per cent…
As the petro-dollar myth crumbles, the shift is underway to the “petro-yuan” which will upend the balance of power
Osman Şenkul One of the most important cornerstones of the organised development of international trade is undoubtedly the ‘Silk Road’. The Silk Road, which linked the Far East with Anatolia…
Chris Skinner: Digital banking and fintech have ruined the customer experience
Chris Skinner We’ve moved from simplicity to fragmentation, and now we’re struggling with the consequences. In short, we’ve built a highly fragmented financial world in the name of innovation, and…
IMF / Georgieva: Our members can rely on us for financial support
Kristalina Georgieva A resilient world economy is being tested again by the war in the Middle East. The conflict has caused considerable hardship around the globe. My heart goes out…
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Can Baydarol Those who know me well are aware that I am particular about style. In communication, anything can be said; every emotion can be expressed, from the most intense…
Earth Day: Facts, history and ways to celebrate our planet
Daisy Dobrijevic & Elzabeth Howell Earth Day is an annual event that started in 1970 when 20 million Americans — 10% of the population of the U.S. at the time…
The return to normality will take two years; Turkey faces a decline in exports and a wave of bankruptcies
Levent Gürses The war in Iran is dragging on, with no ceasefire agreement reached. The major energy crisis looks set to intensify… Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy…
From the “debt is death” notion to global food inflation leadership
Osman Şenkul In ancient India, floods—which remain quite devastating to this day—would occasionally leave peasants without crops and, more importantly, without seeds for the next planting season; consequently, famine spread,…
We are at the start of the biggest energy crisis; April is set to be even worse
Levent Gürses Hopes had dimmed following the failure of US-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, to reach an agreement last weekend and the US’s announcement that it would impose…