Turkey Economy Perspectives https://turkeyperspectives.com/ Information on Turkiye Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:32:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://turkeyperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-venue-2986721_1920-4-32x32.jpg Turkey Economy Perspectives https://turkeyperspectives.com/ 32 32 Turkey’s Grey Economy Workers in Deep Trouble https://turkeyperspectives.com/turkeys-grey-economy-workers-in-deep-trouble/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkeys-grey-economy-workers-in-deep-trouble Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:39:39 +0000 https://turkeyperspectives.com/?p=1031 As Turkey’s economy slows down from the unofficial Coronavirus quarantine, many workers in Turkey’s grey economy are in deep trouble. With no legal or insurance protections, many are facing extreme hardship. In the last few weeks many undocumented workers have lost their job. However, the ones who were lucky […]

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]]> Turkey’s Coronavirus Economic Package Unsatisfactory https://turkeyperspectives.com/turkeys-coronavirus-economic-package-unsatisfactory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkeys-coronavirus-economic-package-unsatisfactory Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:21:40 +0000 https://turkeyperspectives.com/?p=1018 Turkey’s Coronavirus economic package is unsatisfactory for the scale of the upcoming slowdown. Prior to the Coronavirus, Turkey’s economy was already weak. Actually, in the last 18 months, Turkey experienced many economic shocks. It went through a currency and political crisis, stagnant growth, and high rates and inflation. However, […]

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]]> Turkey Needs Age Discrimination Laws https://turkeyperspectives.com/turkey-needs-age-discrimination-laws/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkey-needs-age-discrimination-laws Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:21:06 +0000 https://turkeyperspectives.com/?p=996 Nowadays, Turkey is in need of age discrimination laws to prevent injustices. As the legal age requirement increases for retirement so should laws protecting workers from discrimination. The age requirement for retirement in Turkey varies from 58 to 61 years old. However, the government is now indicating it will […]

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]]> Turkey Becoming More Lawless https://turkeyperspectives.com/turkey-becoming-lawless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkey-becoming-lawless Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:29:21 +0000 https://turkeyperspectives.com/?p=969 Nowadays, Turkey is becoming more and more lawless. Over the last decade, Turkey has implemented many laws. However, many of these laws are not enforced by authorities, so many constantly disregard the laws. Thus, Turkey is becoming more lawless. There are over 400,000 authorities such as police, monitors, auditors, […]

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]]> The Unemployed in Turkey have an Active Safety Net* https://turkeyperspectives.com/unemployed-turkey-active-safety-net/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unemployed-turkey-active-safety-net Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:37:00 +0000 https://turkeyperspectives.com/?p=292 Getting fired or laid-off is usually a traumatizing experience for just about any person. The average person may start to think about a million different things from A to Z that may make him/her feel depressed, hopeless, isolated, vulnerable, and not to mention many other things. However, many countries […]

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]]> Istanbul’s Public Bread Subsidy https://turkeyperspectives.com/istanbuls-public-bread-subsidy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=istanbuls-public-bread-subsidy Sat, 04 Jan 2020 18:14:50 +0000 https://turkeyperspectives.com/?p=922 Do you know that Istanbul’s municipality subsidizes bread sales to the public? Well, this has been an active program since the 1970’s. The main purpose of this subsidy has always been to offer affordable bread to all. When Istanbul’s Public Bread subsidy first started out, it offered unpacked French […]

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