Ya v u z) . Ec o nom is ts s ho u l d be g o od s t or y te l l er s i n or der to c on v e y a t ec h n ic a l
m es s age . Ec on om etr i c s a l wa ys gu i d ed m e
on t h e tec h n ic a l f r o nt an d ec o nom ic h is t or y
he l p ed
me
wi th
t he
s t or y- te l l i ng .
Ex per i e nc es d ri v e n f r om h is t or y h el p us
a vo i d pas t po l ic y m is tak es . T h e im pac t of
th e r ec e nt gl o ba l c r is i s was m it ig at e d, an d
po l ic i es f or rec o v er y we r e ab l e t o b e
des i g ne d qu ic k l y wi t h t h e h e lp of o ur
ex p er i enc e f rom th e gr e a t d e pr es s i o n a n d
th e la te 9 0s As i a n c r is es . O b v io us l y,
wor k i n g wi t h da ta he l pe d us m ak e th es e
i nf or m ed d ec is i o ns .
W hat wo ul d yo ur s u gg es ti o ns b e f or o ur
s tu d en ts wh o wou l d pu rs u e a gr ad u at e
de gr e e i n Ec on om ic s ?
Ca n yo u p l e as e t el l us on e n ic e m em or y
yo u h a d f rom the MET U Ec o nom ic s
De p artm en t?
IMF , W B, O EC D, W TO , a nd I E A h a v e g oo d
as s es s m e nts on T urk e y’ s c h a l le n ges a nd
p lac e t hem in a n i nt er na t io n a l c on t ex t .
P le as e t ak e a l ook at l as t ye a r ’s I MF ’s
Art ic l e I V c o ns ul t at i o n r ep or t o n T urk e y.
( ht tp :/ / www. im f .or g/ ex t ern a l/ p u bs /f t/s c r/ 20 1
3/c r 1 33 6 3. p df ) , an d the on e t h a t wa s
re le as ed a f e w m on t hs bac k . T h e W orld
B ank ’s r ec e nt pr ogr es s re po rt o n t h e
Co u ntr y P art n ers h i p Str a te g y is als o v er y
us ef ul .
It h as b e e n 2 0 ye a r s a lr ea d y an d I ha v e
m an y f on d m em or i es of t h e D e pa r tm en t,
es p ec i al l y t he o ne wi th th e p oo l r i tu a l o n
th e l as t d a y of s c ho o l. A n um ber of
s tu d en ts us e d t o i d en t if y on e or t wo f ac u lt y
m em bers , c arr y t h em a ll th e wa y d o wn t h e
s ta ir s a nd d ro p pe d th em in t he D e par tm ent
po o l. I th i nk this r e inf or c e d f ac ul t y/s t ud e nt
c o ll e g ia l it y
a nd
f r i en ds h ip .
I
wo nd er
wh et h er th e r it ua l s t i l l c on t in u es .
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T ak e m ath , ph i l os o p h y a n d h is t or y c ou rs es
an d t r y t o d i v ers if y wi th e l ec t i v es f rom
d if f ere nt de p artm en ts . T he pr of es s i on is
bec om in g m ore a n d m ore c ros s - c u tt i ng a nd
pers p ec t i v es f r om dif f ere n t d is c i p l i nes wi l l
he l p t o be tt er a p pro ac h to d a y’ s c ha l l en g es .
Yo u are work i ng on the po l ic y s i d e of
ec o n om ic s as we l l. W ha t d o yo u th i nk are
th e m os t im port a nt ec on om ic c h a l le n ges i n
T urk e y?
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/2 0 14 /0 9 /2 0 22 0 58 4 /t ur k e y - c o u ntr ypar t ners h i p - s tr at e g y- p rog res s - r e po rtper i o d- f y2 0 1 2- 16 )