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Ünsal Ban

27 columns listing

World’s most indebted and distressed countries

26 July 2015, Sunday

We have already toppled the first half of this year. Naturally, the estimations over “what the next year will bring us” accelerated considerably. While some are saying that next year will bring improvement, a wide segment is estimating that this flatness will increase. “Will the U.S. Central Bank, or FED's, interest increase be good or bad for the global economy?”, “Will Greece continue their reforms?”, and “Will the declination tendency in the Chinese economy continue?”… There are many question

Iran negotiations… What will the agreement bring to the Turkish economy?

19 July 2015, Sunday

When Greece accepted the conditions of the creditors, the world economy heaved a deep “sigh” of relief. The agenda is vigorous. While many matters like the FED's statements directed at the interest increase, the increasing risk perception in Chinese markets, which are important from the point of global markets, are being intensively discussed in the agenda, additionally, this week the agreement over the nuclear negotiations between Iran, Germany and the five perpetual members of the United Natio

Top 500 companies in the US and Turkey

05 July 2015, Sunday

We need to lay emphasis on the Fortune 500 Turkey list. This list, which is being prepared since 2007 and is showing the top 500 companies in terms of net sales magnitude, is of great importance for including all the data. When we examine this list in detail, we can see that compared to last year, our companies are showing better performance both in terms of sales and exports. Compared to last year, the net sales of companies increased by 19.55% and thus reached 791.7 billion Turkish Liras. We c

Fragile Countries and Turkey…

01 July 2015, Wednesday

It's been over a month since the general elections were held in June 2015. While arguing over the possible coalition models and “re-election” possibility, we are also putting an effort into finding “the best for Turkey”. In this period, where the area surrounding us is covered in “fire”, we need to act with the knowledge that the stability in Turkey is important for all of humanity, not just for the people living in Anatolia. Some circles, which are feeding on conflicts-wars-uneasiness, are busy

With which political party should AK Party form a coalition?

24 June 2015, Wednesday

Our economic data related with coalition periods are not that bright. The growth rates are quite low; an average of 1.2% during the 1999-2002 period and 2.7% during the 1991-1994 period. Inflation entered our lives following the multi-party coalition period between 1971 and 1980, and the U.S. Dollar currency rates were devaluated by the coalition governments in 1978, 1994 and 2001. A coalition is equal to instability. Nine governments were formed between 1991 and 2002 and their average lifespans

The latest situation in the Greece crisis...

14 June 2015, Sunday

After the general elections, we entered a period which is very active with regards to the domestic markets. From the U.S. dollar rate to the interest rates and share market, the direction of the financial instrument and indicators can change any moment. Behind the increasing volatility, there are the raised government scenarios; these things will take too much of our time, so let's hope for the best. While we have been evaluating the political structure that will be shaped with the general elect

If there is a coalition….

03 June 2015, Wednesday

The picture before the elections is clear: Other than AK Party, no one has a chance to become a single rulership. If they can shatter the government, they will come together under a coalition and together they will ruin the country! This their only “realist” promise! Thus, everyone that supports this are speaking of the “benefits of the coalition” (!), especially “their new joint candidate” Kemal Derviş. Our coalition experiences Let's have a look: We can see that the growth rates under the c

A coalition is my country's predicament!

29 May 2015, Friday

They say that if a “coalition” comes out of the elections, it will be faster to progress in the economy!...Are they mocking this glorious nation's memory?... We all know that the coalitions formed in our country between 1960 and 2002 had been affecting many areas of activity that concerns, particularly the employment and industry sectors, and reel economy directly. Even the great brilliance and splendid determination of the deceased Erbakan Hodja, couldn't exceed the “chump” spirit of the coalit

New opportunities in international trade!...

24 May 2015, Sunday

The demands of today's technology era are presenting important opportunities for the developing countries. If you can remember; the market structure after World War II provided many obstacles in the international trade to be lifted and brought various advantages to some countries. In that process, the countries with strong industrial structures and high political activity throughout the world, were reinforcing their position in the global market even more. In such a structure, which was solidifi

Grexit-Brexit… Would England leave the EU?

22 May 2015, Friday

As Greece's, the spoiled child of Europe, debt crisis continues, we can see that the agenda in the region is shifting from the South to the North. Within this context, “Grexit”, which is mentioned by everyone lately, has given way to “Brexit”. As you know, the “Grexit” term is related with Greece's exit from the Euro Region and its return back to using the Drachma, rather than the Euro, as a currency. As for the “Brexit” term, it's stating “Britain's departure from the European Union”, which was