Turkey , straddling Europe and Asia , has a gross domestic product of $ 773 billion . It represents the fourth letter of a new acronym crafted by Goldman Sachs : MIST . After blistering growth in the past few years the country has hit a period of turbulence . Investors are now eager to find out whether this economy can stabilize after tumbling 2.9 % in the second quarter of this year . But there is a silver lining in this slow down .
Turkey , straddling Europe and Asia , has a gross domestic product of $ 773 billion . It represents the fourth letter of a new acronym crafted by Goldman Sachs : MIST . After blistering growth in the past few years the country has hit a period of turbulence . But there is a silver lining in this slow down .