This article aims to summarize and discuss Turkish-Russian relations in the postCold War era. The study starts with a brief summary of the two countries’ relations in that period, followed by many specifi c problems, as well as strengths, in the relations addressed in detail. In the end, the direction of future relations is stressed to depend on the countries’ ability to cope with current problems and enhance cooperation between themselves.

Because of globalization, companies are looking for advantage of competition. Organizations realized that success in competition can be achieved not only by factors such as research and development, modern marketing, technology, but also the basis of success lies in giving priority to human. With the realization of the importance of human, organizations started to be engaged with issues such as job satisfaction and organizational loyalty. However, it is wondering how this concept placed in businesses and how much expectations of employees are met. This research aims to examine the impact of the relationship between organizational loyalty and job satisfaction. Data for the study were obtained from a company’s employees through questionnaires. The data which obtained research results were analyzed with SPSS program using ANOVA and t-test. The job satisfaction level is higher at the senior employee. This situation gives the same results in the analysis of organizational loyalty. The employees who spend more time in organization have more organizational loyalty than employees who spend less time in organization.

This paper investigates the effects of global fi nancial crisis on Turkish economy in the frame of indicators such as index of industrial production, capacity utilisation rate, unemployment rate, economic growth and export. The global crisis, which started in USA and effected the European and Asian economies, has caused a contraction in demand and economic growth both in Turkey and all over the world. The recession in the USA and European countries, has caused a reduction in the demand for Turkish products that are exported to those countries. The decrease in the index of industrial production and capacity utilisation rate indicates that the negative effects of global fi nancial crisis are perceived in Turkey. The problem of uncertainty and confi dence, that is created by the global fi nancial crisis, is seen from the reduction in confi dence indexes.

Following the recent economic crisis, there are warnings from some political and economic fi gures concerning the precautions to be taken in order not to confront another one. The precautions suggested by these authorities differ from each other. To avoid similar crisis, while some experts think there should be a limited state control, others think state control can be achieved without any concessions from free market economy. But there is not a single consensus about what these precautions should be. This study discusses Social Market Economy as an alternative solution. First, the term of Social Market Economy is de- fi ned, then the process of this system is explained, fi nally the study discusses the difference between Social Market Economy and Free Market Economy and exhibits whether Social Market Economy has a preventive capability or not. The study ends with fi ndings of results of the Social Market Economy and successes of some countries where Social Market Economy is applied. As a result, this study seeks solutions concerning what precautions should be taken in order that citizens who pay their taxes regularly and have limited incomes don’t pay for the results of the present crisis in the future.

The purpose of this study, Turkey’s textile and apparel industry is to demonstrate competitiveness. For this purpose, the competitiveness of Turkey’s textile and apparel industry compared with 15 European Union (EU-15) countries. Study covers the years 1999-2009. As an indicator of competitiveness, which was developed by Balassa revealed comparative advantage was based approach. As a result of analyzing the competitiveness of Turkey’s textile and apparel industry was found to be high but declining. In Turkey it can maintain its competitive advantage in branding for high-quality goods has to go.