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Archive for June 5th, 2011

  • Addendum to Hurriyet column: An economist supports the Economist!

    The government opened fire on the Economist article that inspired my latest Hurriyet column soon after it began circulating in cyberspace. First, it was Egemen Bagis, Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator, who boldy stated at his Twitter account that the article had been ordered from Turkey. Then, PM Erdogan called the magazine [...]

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  • Weekly Hurriyet column: An economist supports the Economist!

    Below is my Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review column for this week, which you can also read at the Daily News website. There have been interesting developments over the weekend, such as strong government reactions to the Economist article, so I plan to do an addendum sometime today. So without further delay, on to [...]

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  • Another addendum to this week’s Hurriyet column

    It turns out some recent developments forced me to do another addendum to this week’s Hurriyet column, which appeared at my blog as well. Two big themes of the column, although I did not explicitly mention either, is 1. The CBT is not doing a great job with communication, to say the very least. 2. [...]

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