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More urban women join the workforce in Turkey

22 Haziran 2013
English, Makale

Mustafa SÖNMEZ Hürriyet Daily News, June/22/2013 The number of employed women in urban areas, excluding agricultural jobs, has reached 4.8 million, a 50 percent increase in six years. These women,…Read more →

Malls in Turkey still take small share of overall spending

16 Haziran 2013
English

MUSTAFA SÖNMEZ Hürriyet Daily News June/15/2013 The relatively low rate of shopping at malls in Turkey tells investors that they might need a new approach, despite their…Read more →

Turkey at the bottom rung of ladder in investments abroad

9 Haziran 2013
Araştırma - Haber, Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English

Mustafa SÖNMEZ Hürriyet Daily News,June/08/2013 Despite the government’s boosted efforts, Turkey’a direct investments abroad constitute only 17 percent of those active inside Turkey, which have been measured at $185…Read more →

Foreign direct investment, neither sufficient nor ‘green’

2 Haziran 2013
Araştırma - Haber, Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English, Genel

MUSTAFA SÖNMEZ(Hürriyet Daily News, June 1, 2013) Turkey is holding its breath for more foreign capital inflow but the characteristics of previous inflows hint future ones may come…Read more →

Hopes of growth pinned on indebted domestic market

25 Mayıs 2013
Araştırma - Haber, English, Makale

Mustafa SÖNMEZ Hürriyet Daily News May 25 2013 The Turkish government wants more economic growth, and growth in the domestic market seems to be the focus. However, there…Read more →

A relief for current account deficit: foreign exchange in service sector

18 Mayıs 2013
Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English, Genel, Turizm

Mustafa SÖNMEZ (Hürriyet Daily News, May 18-19 2013) Turkey’s current account deficit for the first quarter of 2013 is equal to the same period of 2012, at $16…Read more →

Turkey’s IMF debt to be paid off, foreign debt stock still on increase

11 Mayıs 2013
Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English, Genel

Mustafa Sönmez Hürriyet Daily News, May 11, 2013 Turkey’s IMF debt was $4 billion and the total external debt was $119 billion in 2000 as the external debt…Read more →

Kurds still migrating to western Turkish cities

5 Mayıs 2013
English, Genel

Mustafa SÖNMEZ - Hürriyet Daily News The rate of eastern and southeastern population living outside its hometown has increased to 47 percent in 2012 from 44 percent in six years,…Read more →

Can the peace process cut the high security budget?

28 Nisan 2013
English, Genel

MUSTAFA SÖNMEZ (HÜRRİYET DAILY NEWS, APRIL 27, 2013) "Turkey’s military spending constitutes 4 percent of the country’s GDP. It might even reach 5 percent if confidential spending is added to…Read more →

Osteoporosis of Turkish economy in 10 years of AKP governments

6 Nisan 2013
Dış ekonomik ilişkiler, English, Genel

(hurriyetdailynews, April/06/2013) Mustafa SÖNMEZ Turkey’s economic growth under AKP rule conceals fragilities, like an osteoporosis disease that spreads without showing obvious symptoms Turkey’s economic growth is dependent on foreign resources,…Read more →