Should or can Turkey join the European Union (EU)? This paper argues that there are three alternative scenarios of the EU decision to grant membership to Turkey: ‘privileged relationship offer,’ ‘wait and see attitude,’ and ‘start of full membership negotiations.’ It then gauges each alternative path, and argues that the most likely scenario is a decision to start the negotiations, followed by ...

BACKGROUND The burden of cancer affects all countries; while high-income countries have the capacity and resources to establish comprehensive cancer control programs, low and middle-income countries have limited resources to develop such programs. This paper examines factors associated with the development of cancer registries in four provinces in Turkey. It looks at the progress made by these ...

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Determinant factors of tourists satisfaction in Muslim's Countries: A Structural equation model (SEM) Dr. Ayed Al Muala Applied Science University, [email protected] Abstract The challenges for the tourism sector in Islamic countries has become increasingly with the Arab spring. has suffered the Arab Islamic countries and damaged because of the wars in the region and the lack of security and...

The concept of Islamic or Shariah-compliant finance is based on core tenets of Islam concerning property rights, social and economic justice, wealth distribution, and governance. One of the key features of the system is prohibition of riba (interest) and gharar (ambiguous contracts or deals) (Kabir and Mahlkrecht 2011, 74; El-Gamal 2009, 58–60). There is consensus among scholars that the prohib...

This paper provides a detailed analysis of aggregate liquidity created by Islamic (participation) banks in Turkey. Using quarterly regulatory dataset for the period 2010–2017 and applying Berger Bouwman framework to measure creation, we document that Turkish has tripled (in inflation adjusted terms) our sample period. Furthermore, find have both on off their balance sheets. Finally, observe bee...

Islamic Banking is growing at a rapid speed and has showed unprecedented growth and expansion in last two decades in spite of mismatching of existing financial framework and business practices. By the end of 2008 volume of Islamic banking has reached to US $ 951 Billion with operation in more than 50 countries. Middle East is the centre of Islamic banking with contribution of approximately 80% ...