The Black Pearl of Turkey
The Italians have a penchant for doing frivolous things seriously and serious things frivolously*. Coffee and its culture, for instance,...
AFRICA: Threat for Italy, Opportunity for Turkey
I was watching the news last night. In Italy, one of the most discussed topics these days is the ‘Salvini Decree’. Salvini has been...
Screening your operations in Turkey by a consultant
‘Companies need consultants, because otherwise they’re merely breathing their own exhaust’ was a tweet* I read yesterday. Sounds...
New Dynamics
Next July, Bektas Consulting will be celebrating its fifth year of operations in advising Italian enterprises about their operations in...
Turkey's Dazzling Power: Women
Fortune magazine every year selects the top 100 most powerful women in the world, and even though more than half the women on the list...
Will Turkey Strike Gold?
Gold is just one of the many metals existing naturally on the earth’s outer layer; however, without a doubt, it has always been the most...
The Nut Job
Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, is thought to have been the first place plants were ever domesticated, and where cultivation,...
Digitalizing Turkey Further
I caught the final part of a CNBC interview with the CEO of a European private equity firm* who was concluding his words by saying that...
The Sun, the Sea and the Turks
In May 2012, when Turkish Dogus Group acquired the majority shares of the luxurious five-star Capri Palace Hotel, located in the heart of...
