Turkey has been one of the most-favored tourist destinations in the world. In the past decade, the country also attracted thousands of second-home buyers from all corners of the world. In the first three (3) months of 2022 alone, the number of homes purchased in Turkey by foreign nationals has…

Starting June 13, 2022, the minimum investment required to qualify for Turkish citizenship through the real estate purchase has been increased to USD 400,000 from USD 250,000. The amendments were announced on May 13, 2022, and the applicants were given a grace period of 30 days to complete the transactions…

People who don’t need to be in the hospital should not be in the hospital. Hospitalization has, for long, been seen as the peak point in healthcare provision, but are hospital visits always necessary for the patients? In a country like Pakistan, where there is even less than one (1)…

From the desk of Dr. Hussain Farooq, a dentist-turned-entrepreneur endeavoring to build a digital healthcare ecosystem in Pakistan. A healthy Pakistan = a wealthy Pakistan. Access to clean air, pure water, hygienic food, education — and healthcare — is necessary for every living soul and is the fundamental right of…

When Pakistan, a country that is the 5th-largest global producer of sugarcane and the 8th-largest global producer of wheat, faces sugar and wheat crises, one after another, there’s a strong indication that something’s not right at the policymaking level. The changing climate, water scarcity in different countries, growing global population…

E-commerce is believed to have started in the early 1970s, however, the term ‘e-commerce’, was first coined by Dr. Robert Jacobson in 1983. In the last twenty years or so, there has been a rapid proliferation of the internet and mobile users, leading to an increase in online marketing, sales…

On August 15, 1971, US President Richard Nixon, following a 2-day meeting with his top economic advisors — unilaterally — announced that the US would not convert the US dollars held by foreign governments into gold, which the country had promised to do under the Bretton Woods system. Under the…

‘Two countries, one nation’ is how one can describe the relations between Turkey and Pakistan in four words. The two nations share a bond that is older than the foundation of the two modern states. From the Baghdad Pact — an earlier version of CENTO — to the D-8, Turkey…

In 2019, some 578,488 foreign nationals from more than 100 countries immigrated to Turkey, thereby marking a 24% increase compared to the previous year, according to the latest report published by HF Corporation. This report based on official statistics reveal that 310,654 immigrants were male, and 267,834 were female. The…