DuvarEnglsih columinst Hakkı Özdal has questioned the nature of the government’s measures against the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that it prioritizes big businesses but ignores the health concerns of the working class. “The ruling AKP, which came to power with a populist rhetoric catering to ‘those without a voice’ is again helping the capital-owing class. While
There have been five major extinctions in the history of the Earth. The first one occurred 2.45 billion years ago: almost 70 percent of the species that existed at that time disappeared. The latest one occurred 66 million years ago; the giant dinosaurs disappeared as a result. But during these extinctions, Man was not yet
Almost all countries have announced economic stimulus packages in response to the expected slowdown, or more likely a recession, in their economies. Turkey is no exception. President Tayyip Erdoğan announced the package aimed to alleviate the economic consequences of the pandemic in Turkey on March 18. As expected, the package includes tax breaks for firms
Tokyo Olympic Games will be held between July 24 Aug. 9 as scheduled, despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Uğur Erdener, the vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told YetkinReport, elaborating on the justifications of the Committee. In an exclusive interview, Erdener said that the IOC considered “no immediate need” to postpone the Tokyo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on citizens to stay at home unless it is urgent not to do so, also revealing a 100-billion-lira (roughly $15 billion) support package for businesses “which do not curb employment.” Following an emergency meeting on measures to be taken against the Coronavirus outbreak, Erdoğan said March 18 in Ankara
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is scheduled to deliver his first speech on corona outbreak on March 18, a week after the first case was spotted in Turkey on March 11. A night before, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced the first Corona-related death in Turkey; an 89-year-old man, reportedly living in Istanbul. The number of cas-es,
Dr. Gökhan Hotamışlıgil was quite sad when we spoke on the phone about the coronavirus on March 16. Most of Harvard University’s biomedical research laboratories, where Nobel Prize-winning studies were conducted, were temporarily closed due to the coronavirus. Out of all the laboratories of the medical school at Harvard University, one of the top universities
The Federal Reserve has had another emergency meeting, the second within the last fortnight. On March 15, they cut the policy rate by 100 basis points and brought it to the zero-lower bound. In addition, they re-started large scale asset purchases which had ended in October 2014. They lowered the reserve requirements to support loan
An outbreak caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19, started in China earlier this year. To date, more than 130.000 cases have been diagnosed worldwide. A total of 123 countries officially reported infections. This outbreak, which first started as an epidemic, was turned into a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. What