We cannot say that no Turkish government ever managed to run the economy effectively. But there was probably no time when there was such a travesty of economic logic as in the 1990s. It was in this...
In recent years there has been considerable interest in agriculture and animal husbandry. Foreigners have been buying land for agriculture and local investors have been establishing animal husbandr...
Feyyaz Berker, Necati Akçağlılar and Nihat Gökyiğit... They started out in the world of business approximately 50 years ago. They created giant groups with harmonious partnerships, which complement...
Akın Holding is one of the leading groups in the Turkish textiles sector. It has an annual turnover of $500 million and employs 300 people. It is active in five different sectors. In recent years i...
A significant proportion came from Çivril, Denizli. Some began in small shops, others in a workshop. They also include those who started off in business by selling to foreign markets. But they all ...
Can a car have its own smell, software a sound, toothpaste a flavor? Martin Lindstrom, who is one of the world’s leading brand experts says: ‘It most certainly should’… He believes that brands are ...
İş Bankası General Manager Ersin Özince says that the search for foreign partners in the banking sector do not affect them. “This is not a question of being better or worse. For some reason some pe...
The total size of the snack market in Turkey is $1.6 billion, while the ‘salted snacks’ category is worth $230 million. Heading the list of those who are enjoying this market’s 40 percent annual gr...
The world of business is a playing field and companies are the players. The key question here is: “Are you playing for fun or playing to win?” Management consultants recommend playing to win and pl...
Henokiens is one of the very rare ‘companies clubs’… It was founded in France in 1981. Only family companies which are at least 200 years old can join this exclusive club. At the moment it has 34 m...
The Economy And The Exchange Rate March was an interesting month in terms of changes in the foreign exchange rate. When the dollar exchange rate dipped below YTL 1.3 during the first half of the ...
Esas Holding began when Emine Kamışlı left her post at Ak Sigorta and wanted to start her own business. Then her father Şevket Sabancı and her brother Ali Sabancı joined the group. Four years passe...
Allain Gabillet, Bert Bender, Norbert Klein, Steve Bideshi, Till Becker, Dirk Wülfing, Diego Avesani and others… The business community is no stranger to these names. Each one of them manages one o...
The Customs Union and the 2001 crisis provided Turkey with new openings. The country was transformed into an automobile manufacturing base while textiles continued with their success. There was maj...
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN 2005 Turkey’s current account posted a deficit of $15.6 billion in 2004, a new record. It was the first time Turkey had ever recorded such a high deficit. It is likely t...