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Where Is the Potential?

Ali Günertem
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The USA is the world’s most powerful economic dynamo, yet at the same time it is a consuming monster, swallowing whatever it finds. It is the biggest and the most profitable market of the world. Everyone struggles to put the goods they produce into this market.

January 15, 2007
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Our Changing World

Ali Günertem
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September 11, 2001 Tuesday; a big blue sky and the morning chill of September... I arrived at the golf course, which was near Dulles Airport, 40 kilometers from Washington, D.C. My friends Mustafa, Uğur and Aret were waiting for me.

October 15, 2006
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Why Osman Bengur?

Ali Gunertem
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Until recently I was closely watching US and Turkish politics. But 4 or 5 years ago this close attention first dropped to the level of remote interest, then even to not following the news at all. The main reason for this was the political erosion in both countries. If we look closely we can see the similar structures of the erosions.

July 15, 2006
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Camur

Ali Günertem
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Geçtiğimiz günlerde bir haftalığına aile ziyaret amacıyla İstanbul’a gittim. Yağmurlu bir hafta olmasına rağmen İstanbul özlemimi bastırma firsatını buldum. Bir hafta boyunca Anadolu yakasında oturduğum halde hemen her gün Avrupa yakasına geçtim, ailem ve arkadaşlarımla hasret giderdim.

March 15, 2006
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Izmit and New Orleans

Ali Günertem
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The hurricane that struck the gulf coasts of New Orleans and Mississippi has left the same deep marks as the August 17, 1999 earthquake in Izmit. There is a big difference between these two disasters. The earthquake destroyed a big geographic area with a force of 7.4 Richter in the middle of the night.

August 15, 2005
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Selahattin Hilav'in Anisina!

Ali Günertem
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Sevgili okuyucular, Turk of America’nın ilk günlerinden beri geçen 2.5 yıl sizlerle Washington’dan haberlerle politik gündemi paylaştım. Gündemde Turk-Amerikan ilişkileri, Apo’nun yeniden yargılanma durumu, yeni Türk Ceza Kanunu’nun yeniden Meclis’ten geçmesi, Başbakan’ın ABD ziyareti, Irak ve Kıbrıs olayları varken ben size ünlü edebiyatci-felsefeci Selahattin Hilav’dan bahsetmek istiyorum.

July 15, 2005
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Table d'hote

Ali Gunertem
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US foreign policy entered a difficult period with some countries after September 11, 2001. France and Germany lead those countries, but Turkey is also among them.

April 15, 2005
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Written by Ali Gunertem

How did Bush Win?

Ali Gunertem
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Contrary to expectations, the 2004 Presidential elections ended without any complications, as the Democratic candidate John Kerry called President Bush to concede the elections. The chaos of 2000 elections did not repeat.

December 15, 2004
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Written by Ali Gunertem

It's Election Time!

Ali Gunertem
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Only one and a half months are left until the Presidential elections. Pre-election preparations and campaigns are going full stream. The focus of discussions is changing fast, and right now military records and army services of the candidates are the hot topics.

November 15, 2004
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Written by Ali Gunertem

Bush or Kerry?

Ali Gunertem
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Iraq’s current status implies that the New World Order, which started on September 11, 2001, has an unknown future. The U.S. is trying to prove to the civilized the new world order of its own by using military power.

June 15, 2004
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Written by Ali Gunertem

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Being An Enterprenuer and A Manager

Cemil Ozyurt
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I have always been curious about the tricks that managers of successful comp an ies have up their sleeves. And I am interested in the ways that the CEOs of the Fortune 500 comporations carry out their daily lives.

October 15, 2007
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Written by Cemil Ozyurt

"Turkish Bob's" Love Of Half a Century

Ali Cinar - Connecticut
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When American protest singer Bob Dylan, in his autobiography “Chronicles” mentioned his ancestors’ origins as Turkey, it had major repercussions in Turkey, and we experienced the happiness of finding somebody else with ties to Turkey.

April 15, 2005
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Get rid of the Psychological Quotas

Mustafa Aykaç-Boston
Fahri Karakaya, PhD is a teaching fellow at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is specialized in market entry and entry barriers. “Entry Barriers and Market Entry Decision: A Guide for Executives” is the first of his three books. He is currently expanding his studies to global markets and toward the field of electronic trade.

November 15, 2004
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Written by Mustafa Aykac

Third Dutchman in the NATO

Yasin Yağcı – The Netherlands
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the new Secretary of General of the NATO has officially taken office. The NATO was established during the Cold War era but is increasingly being questioned for its current raison d’etre. Last September, Mr. Schaffer was appointed to replace George Robertson, who retired from the NATO, while he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. He is the third Dutch Secretary General in the history of NATO.

April 15, 2004
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