Ziya Onis, Barry Rubin (Global Research for International Affairs (GLORIA), Interdisciplinary University, Israel).

• Domestic politics versus global dynamics - towards a political economy of the 2000 and 2001 financial crises in Turkey, Ziya Onis; the lost gamble - the 2000 and 2001 Turkish financial crises in comparative perspective, Hakan Tunc; on the structural weaknesses of the post-1999 Turkish disinflation program, Ahmet Ertugrul and Erinc Yeldan; domestic needs for foreign finance and exchange rate regime choice in developing countries with special reference to the Turkish experience, C. Emre Alper and Kamil Yilmaz; economic crisis as an instigator of distributional conflict - the Turkish case in 2001, Fikret Senses; social capital and corruption during times of crisis - a look at Turkish firms during the economic crises of 2001, Fikret Adaman and Ali Carkoglu; towards a sustainable debt burden - challenges facing Turkey at the turn of the new millennium, O. Cevdet Akcay and C. Emre Alper; the Turkish banking sector two years after the crisis - a snapshot of the sector and current risks, O. Cevdet Akcay; conclusion - the broader ramifications of Turkey's financial crisis, Ziya Onis.