Furkan Bayoglu
Essays on Turkey, Istanbul, regional economics, cities, work and capital flows.
Recent Essays
The Hourglass Economy of Turkey
Turkey's economy increasingly behaves like an hourglass: pressure in the middle, resilience at the top, survival strategies at the bottom and a widening challenge for companies.
Polycentric Istanbul: A New Business Geography for Turkey
Istanbul's next business cycle may depend on whether the city can move from a single dominant center toward a more distributed, polycentric office geography.
The Silver Economy Opportunity
Aging is often discussed as a burden, but for Turkey and the region it may also become a major opportunity in services, real estate, healthcare, mobility and lifestyle.
Axis Construction, Not Axis Shift: Turkey and the New Regional Center of Gravity
Turkey is often described through the phrase axis shift. A more useful reading is that the country is participating in a wider regional reordering shaped by logistics, defense industry, energy routes, trade and capital flows.
Turkey, cities, work and capital flows.
- Turkey and the Region
- Istanbul and Polycentric Cities
- Office Market and Work
- Capital Flows and Investment
- Demographics and the Silver Economy
- AI, Talent and Business Transformation