Nation Branding in a Digitalized World: The Case of Black State
The global video games market is forecast to be a colossal $282 billion industry by 2024 and is expected to grow by 8% annually through 2027.
Economy
The Codes of Turkey’s New Economic Program
If the NEP is implemented properly, it will not be a surprise for Turkey to regain macroeconomic stability and to…
What’s in Turkey’s new Medium-Term Program?
The announced medium-term program is based on three fundamental pillars: stabilization, discipline, and transformation.
Protectionism, Trade Wars and Trump’s Political Motives
Triggered by various motives, Trump’s protectionist policies against Mexico, Canada, China, the EU, and Turkey, hurts the conventional political economy…
The Waning Reputation of the US Dollar
Using the U.S. dollar as a weapon against other countries in an effort to promote the political interests of the…
Bad journalism against the Turkish economy
The external debt to GDP ratio in the U.K. is an incredible 313 percent. This is only 53 percent in…
The Turkish Lira against the US Dollar
Many in Turkey and around the world got shocked as the Turkish Lira depreciated tremendously against the U.S. dollar in…
Turkey Needs Somewhat Looser Fiscal Policy Now
The public debt level of the Turkish government is in very low levels that means that the government has an…
Fiscally Prudent and Monetarily Strict: Is This What Good Governance Means?
Ironically, this is the same era in which the rhetoric that central banks around the world gained their “independence” has…
The Rise of Asia Against the Weakened Western Alliance
Trump, in his attempt to undermine China’s hegemony in the Asia Pacific, is harming the Western alliance. Due to these…
The Turkish Economy in the Long Run
Between 2002-2017, the average annual economic growth rate has been 5.7 percent, a tremendous performance, which is somewhat higher than…
Restructuring Macroeconomic Governance in the Presidential System
Turkey is heading for a systemic transformation towards the “Presidential Government System” under such difficult global conditions. But it is…
Politicization of Finance Against Turkey
Ahead of the snap election in June 2018, Turkey is under a severe financial attack. It is quite apparent that…
Foreign Exchange Market in Turkey: What is Happening? What Should be Done?
Although there is no serious deterioration in economic indicators, it is obvious that there is an intense effort to worsen…
What are the Ratings of Credit Rating Agencies Themselves?
What are the ratings of credit rating agencies themselves, then? It is well below “credibility” for most people around the…
What can Turkey learn from the South Korean Development Experience?
Over the last few years Turkey has started to give more importance to the manufacturing industry in order to reverse…
Does the Tight Monetary Policy Stance of Central Banks Stand Empirical Scrutiny?
Time is more than ripe for the TCMB to reconsider its monetary policy stance and take into account real factors…
What does the Snap Election Mean for the Turkish Economy?
The fact that there are only two months before the elections means that the government cannot resort to populist policies…
Why Are Developing Countries Pursuing Wrong Types of Monetary Policy?
Pursuing a low policy interest rate – undervalued exchange rate regime has become much harder in the neoliberal era. However,…
