Kerem Alkin All daily Yeni Şafak Columns

14.01.2025, Tuesday
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Kerem Alkin

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Lessons to take from China for '2023'

19 March 2016, Saturday

It may have passed unnoticed amid Turkey's and the region's “staggering” political agenda; Turkey still awaits a comprehensive, exciting, proactive new growth model from the 64th government and the economy administration. It is predicted that Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP), which reached $823 billion in 2014, may have regressed to $750 billion to $760 billion in 2015 with the Turkish lira's loss of value. This shows that the per capita income, which should continue to rise to a range betw

Trade and diplomacy bridge, YSS

09 March 2016, Wednesday

When Istanbul's two sides were joined for the third time with the completion of the final deck of the Yavuz Sultan Selim (YSS) Bridge with a ceremony on Sunday, March 6, the chronic critics still may not have comprehended the significance of this bridge. Similar to the Marmaray, like the Eurasia Tunnel which will soon become active, the YSS is a mega-project connecting the three continents. In terms of G20 countries including mega-projects on their agenda to keep the global economic system going

'Security Council' or 'Weapon Council'?'

24 February 2016, Wednesday

Almost 20 years ago, after the Cold War ended, the European Union was enthusiastic about the end of the Soviet threat; many EU politicians were saying that they did not need the US any more for the security of Europe. There was a need to establish a European unified army; Germany had withdrawn from production of many goods and services. There was talk of taking away all of Germany's tanks, cannons, rifles and aircraft.In the late 1990s and the early 2000s, post-Soviet Union when the Russian Fede

Turkey pays for the West's ineffective leadership

20 February 2016, Saturday

Politics in the leading and most developed countries is going through its weakest, most empty and engorged period of history. The number of voters in the latest elections in Europe declined to 71 percent in France, 66 percent in Germany, 50 percent in the US, and 61 percent in England. However, the number of voters being higher in Turkey and Belgium at about 86 percent and 80 percent in Sweden, Denmark, Australia and South Korea shows that this decline is not the case throughout the world. The l

Scenarios for Turkish economy in 2016

02 January 2016, Saturday

When the Cold War ended in the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a wave of joy in Western economies. The biggest economic-political rival of the capitalist system was annihilated. After that, a new period in which it was “assumed” that the defense expenses would be reduced, economic resources would begin to be used for more development, globalization would be more common. However, when we entered 1998, for the 21st century prominent research and think tanks of the world were pointing out

Those that 'improved' before 'FED' are declining

12 December 2015, Saturday

The economic-political agenda of Turkey is not over. The developments we have been watching since we downed the Russian jet have entered into a new phase with the discussions and polemics regarding the deployment of our military troops in Iraq for training purposes. You have been following the global, regional politic and diplomatic sides of the issue from the politically expert columnists of Yeni Şafak newspaper, who are more precious than the others. Apparently, as Turkey has been managing the

Q3 growth rate 2.6-2.8 pct

09 December 2015, Wednesday

Tomorrow, growth data for the third quarter of 2015 will be announced. Despite political tensions, civil war and troubles related with global trade and growth in their region, the players of the Turkish economy have been making an effort to maintain growth in production of goods and services. Depending on the struggle of the Turkish real sector to stand, economy grew 2.5 percent in the first quarter of this year and 3.8 percent in the second quarter. The data on industrial production announced i

Russia's pride may turn into 'disaster' in 2016

02 December 2015, Wednesday

First of all we need to emphasize that even if the diplomatic tension experienced with Russia because of Turkey's right to protect its national sovereignty has been criticized by some circles with the view far from “core values," that the Turkish economy will pay a heavy price, we should not be surprised that the “unreliable" point of view of the same circles is ignoring the truth that Russia has been facing much more severe economic risks. Of course it is a serious problem that a Russian jet ha

If Fed says '2016,' lira/dollar parity may become 2.73

21 November 2015, Saturday

As the repercussions of the successful G20 Leaders Summit have continued, with the realization that Turkey is inevitable with regard to the global economic-political balances and that it is invaluable for the security of Europe, along with the consolidation of the fact that it is the West's gateway to the East and vice-versa, followed by the leaders' confirmation of this through body language, the perception of Turkey's economy began to improve rapidly.The Consumer Confidence Index November repo

'Black propaganda' blew up in their face, markets are normalizing

24 October 2015, Saturday

Initially starting subtly since 2011 and then carried out implicitly with the Gezi Park riots in the summer of 2013, the black propaganda against the Turkish economy and it constantly being illustrated as a `pessimistic picture` has now exceeded its limits, and burst like a balloon. The black propaganda was carried out based on these foundations: 1) The financial discipline in public institutions are getting out of order; Turkey will have a serious budget deficit and public debt stock will incre