Advice for Western Companies

By Sinan Ulgen

Sinan Ulgen is the founder and managing partner of Istanbul Economics. Ulgen is also the chairman of the Istanbul based think tank, Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) and a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels. Previously, Ulgen served in the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the European Union in Brussels where he became  part of the team that negotiated the Turkey-EU customs union.

The Cipher Brief spoke with Mr. Sinan Ulgen, founder and managing partner of Istanbul Economics and a visiting  scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, to talk about the current security environment in Turkey and its implications for Western businesses.

The Cipher Brief: How do you see the political crisis in Ankara playing out, and how is it impacting the business climate in Turkey?

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