Hürriyet Daily News | 15 September, 2014 | Mehmet ÖĞÜTÇÜ | A swift action is needed because time is of the essence in reversing the continued construction of the wind power plants in Çeşme against all objections grounded on legal, moral, health and environmental reasons. Otherwise, there will...
Hürriyet Daily New | 14 July, 2014 | DANILA BOCHKAREV and MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ | Clearly, energy is Turkey’s vulnerable underbelly and it needs to be enhanced through new sources, including shale gas. The country is in dire need of energy supplies to fuel its rapidly growing economy...
Hurriyet Daily News | 30 June, 2014 | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ & ANDREW ROSCOE | [caption id="attachment_1413" align="alignleft" width="200"] Mehmet Öğütçü[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1414" align="alignleft" width="200"] Andrew Roscoe[/caption] We have a serious gap in world-class leadership in both governments and corporates. With changing times, the old qualities of personal charisma, God-gifted stature, and...
HÜRRİYET DAILY NEWS | 2 JUNE 2014 | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ and PAUL MICHAEL WIHBEY | For both Washington and Ankara, the stakes are high, possibly higher than many experts and officials in the two capitals realize. Not only is a new Eurasian economic partnership of significant proportions...
Hürriyet Daily News | 31 May, 2014 | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ – PAUL MICHAEL WIHBEY | Energy and geopolitics, which cannot be treated in isolation from one another, today dominate both Turkish and American strategic thinking more than any time in the history of their bilateral relations. With the stroke of a pen...
HÜRRİYET DAILY NEWS | 20 MAY 2014 | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ | As a former Turkish diplomat, who worked tirelessly for his country to join the European Union (EU) at some point, I do not take pleasure in saying that this ambitious federal project is not going anywhere and...
www.icerikfabrikasi.com | 13 Mart, 2014 | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ - Elbette ki soğuk gerçekler karşısında, iyi tanımlanmış menfaatlere uygun kararlar alırken, kişiler kendilerini duygularından boşayamazlar. Hislerine kapılabilir, en azından beyinleri kadar kalplerinin sesini de dinleyebilirler. Etik ve ahlaki değerleri dışlayamazlar bugünkü dünyada. Ancak tarih boyunca “real-politik” ve menfaatler dış politikanın temel...
MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ - Mart 2012 Öncelikle, vizyondan ne anladığımızı ortaya koymakta yarar var. "Misyon", "vizyon" sözcükleri hem hükümetin, hem şirketlerin, hem de insanlarımızın diline pelesenk olmuş durumda. Hemen her şirketin web sayfasında mutlaka üçer cümlelik misyon ve vizyon tanımları var. Son dönemde AKP hükümeti de böyle bir vizyonu...
Hürriyet Daily News | 24 February, 2014 | MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ | I was deeply saddened by the bloody scenes at Maidan Nezalezhnosti - the traditional place for large-scale political protest rallies – including the 1989 student “Revolution on Granite”, the 2001 “Ukraine without Kuchma,” the 2004 “Orange...