MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ

IRAQ'S FUTURE ENERGY COULD BE TURKEY'S BUSINESS

When the Prime Minister Erdogan has recently underlined that Iraq, rather than what the Brussels mandarins keep cooking up behind the curtain to slow down Turkey’s march towards the EU accession, tops our national agenda, it was by no means to downgrade  the importance of this historic vocation.

STEVE HANKE
TURKEY and the GREAT IMMIGRATION DEBATE (ELEGANCE MAGAZINE - JANUARY 2007)

Immigration is shaping up to be one of the most contentious and difficult political issues of the 21st century. One illustrationof what the future holds concerns Romania's and Bulgaria's entry into the European Union next year. Even though ...

STEVE HANKE 

BET ON RUBLES AND FRANCS (FORBES - September 2006)

Something big happened in the currency markets on July 1, but if you read only the mainstream media, you might have missed it.  On that date Russia made its ruble fully convertible for the first time since Aug. 8 1914.

MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ

ÖĞÜTÇÜ'NÜN GÖZÜYLE UFUK TURU (DÜNYA ONLİNE 15/06/2006)

Ortadoğu'daki gelişmeler küresel ekonomik durgunluğa yol açar mı?Washington ve Tel Aviv'in askeri yöntemlerle Ortadoğu'da Suriye, Iraklı Şiiler, Hizbullah ve İran arasındaki giderek güçlenen Şii ittifakını zayıflatmak ve ılımlı Sünniler ile İsrail arasındaki güç birliğini desteklemek için yeni bir düzen kurma çabaları geri tepebilir, özellikle Irak'taki gelişmeler ve Lübnan'da sivil halkın maruz kaldığı şiddete duyulan uluslararası tepki nedeniyle.