Barnstorming bureaucrats

Two civil servants, the treasury secretary and the central bank governor, are spearheading Turkey's first credible attack on inflation in a decade. Both are graduates of Ankara's historic School of Political Science, the Mulkiye, as are many of the government's top decision-makers. A fellow graduate, Metin Munir, reports.

Tomorrow, we get serious

Who would have thought the old school tie could play a vital role in the slaying of Turkey’s worst enemy, inflation? The Mulkiye, the venerable School of Political Science, was established by the Ottomans in the 19th century to train administrators for the service of the sultan. Some more recent graduates are now the backbone of a team which could finally guide the Turkish republic out of its economic mess.

Almost all of Turkey’s governors, ambassadors and finance ministry officials are Mulkiye graduates.

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