Martin Raiser

One of my favorite Turkish constructs is the "me/ma" suffix, which could mean "ing" or "don't." So "i? yapma" would be the Turkish for the World Bank's annual Doing Business report. It could also translate as "don't do business."

A degree of nervousness has emerged in Turkey in recent years in terms of engaging with the outside world, says the World Bank's country director for Turkey, Martin Raiser, noting that the nation needs to discover its confidence once more as part of its quest to become a high-income nation Turkey has lost some of its gung-ho attitude to the rest of the world in recent years and needs to

Compromise. That is the message the Turkish electorate gave in the general election on June 7, according to Martin Raiser, the World Bank?s country director for Turkey.  

?Compromise is inevitable and the electorate is ready for it,? Raiser told me in an exclusive interview.

What do you think was the message of the Turkish electorate?

Turkey?s top business group hopes to ?energize? Turkey?s accession process with the European Union, its head has told daily Hürriyet.

Poverty in Turkey is at its lowest level in the last 10 years, World Bank Turkey director Martin Raiser said late on March 10, speaking at a World Bank presentation meeting at the Chamber of Industry in the southern province of Gaziantep.     

?Today, the poverty rate in Turkey is at 5 percent, while 10 years ago it was around 16 percent,? Raiser said.

Turkey needs to rebuild trust to attract more investments so as to avoid the middle-income trap, said the World Bank Country Director for Turkey, Martin Raiser.

Turkey could become a high-income nation within five years if the government boosts productivity and embraces much needed structural reforms to improve the rule of law, the World Bank's country director said late on Jan. 12.

Turkey has lagged behind other emerging markets in competitiveness levels and returned to the 1980s in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), World Bank Director for Turkey Martin Raiser said on Jan. 6, as reported by Cihan News Agency.

The World Bank’s office in Turkey is set to hold an important conference today in Istanbul, on the occasion of the launch of a new book analyzing Turkish economic and social development since the 1980s under the title of “Turkey’s Transitions: Integration, Inclusion, Institutions.”
 

Everyone is discussing the impact of U.S. monetary policy on Turkish assets. They are missing the forest in favor of the trees: Two reports released this week highlight the real weaknesses of the Turkish economy.