TOBB President Calls WTO Director Lamy to Assure Confidence TEPAV’s guest Lamy shared the agenda of the upcoming 9th Ministerial Conference of the WTO, to be held in Ankara, and listened to the audience’s expectations from the conference.
15/03/2013- 2274
ANKARA / ISTANBUL – Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO), was hosted by TEPAV during his first official visit to Turkey before the Ministerial Conference scheduled in December. At the meeting, TOBB President M. Rifat His
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World Trade Organization, Trade, Private Sector, Custom Union, Free Trade Agreements,
Has the Negotiation Process Become Credible Now? Evaluation Note / Nilgün Arısan Eralp
05/03/2013- 2008
"The negotiation process of Turkey with the EU has been stalling since June 2010. There has not been any single chapter that has been opened since then. However the positive expectations started to emerge both in the EU and Turkish circles with
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EU - Turkey Relations, EU Accession,
No Recovery in Retail Confidence in February TEPE decreased month-on-month by 1.2 points and year-on-year by 2.5 points.
04/03/2013- 1523
ANKARA – In February 2013, TEPE decreased month-on-month and year-on-year. Expectations for orders, sales and sales prices in the next three months also decreased compared to the previous month and year. The volume of business activities compared t
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
A Comprehensive Review of the Turkish-U.S. Agricultural Trade Relations at TEPAV The meeting inaugurated by the US Ambassador to Turkey Francis J. Ricciardone assembled Turkish and American bureaucrats with sector representatives.
27/02/2013- 1589
ANKARA – TEPAV held a meeting titled “Celebrating 200 Years of Turkish-U.S Agricultural Trade Relations: Historical and Future Perspectives” on Wednesday, 27 February 2013. The meeting which highlighted the need to improve the economic relations be
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Agriculture, Turkish - American Relations,
Insured Employment Drops by 325,000 Month-on-Month The SSI reported that the number of insured employees was 11,744,000 in October 2012.
22/02/2013- 1572
ANKARA – The number of insured paid employees decreased by 325,000 to 11,744,000 in October 2012.
The fifteenth issue of the TEPAV Employment Monitoring Bulletin reports that the number of insured paid employees reached 11,744,000 with an incre
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Employment, Employment Statistics,
Can Women Boost Turkey’s Growth? Policy Note / Güneş A. Aşık
21/02/2013- 1940
"Low female labor force participation rate (FLPR) in Turkey has always been an important item on TEPAV’s agenda. Currently, the participation rate is 28.8 percent compared to the OECD average of 61.8 percent. Mexico has the second lowest FLPR am
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Women's Employment, Growth,
“New Vectors of European Cooperation, a View from Poland” The role of new forms of cooperation in solving the EU crisis was discussed in a meeting at TEPAV.
14/02/2013- 1604
ANKARA – A meeting titled “New Vectors of European Cooperation, a View from Poland” was held at TEPAV on Thursday, 14 February 2013. The meeting moderated by TEPAV Foreign Policy Institute Director Prof. Dr. Atila Eralp who hosted Dr. Olaf Osica,
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European Union, Global Financial Crisis, Regional Economic Cooperation, Poland,
TEPAV Dances to Protest Violence against Women… TEPAV danced alongside the world to protest violence against women.
14/02/2013- 1606
ANKARA – TEPAV supported the campaign which invited one billion people worldwide to protest violence against women on Thursday, February 14th, 2013.
TEPAV personnel gathered at a dance event to rise up in protest of violence against women in Tu
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Gender, Violence, Women,
American Political Scientist Arato Reiterates the Consensus Message for a New Constitution Speaking at a meeting organized by TEPAV to contribute to the constitution-making process, Arato said the presidential issue would be an issue with which Turkey will face great difficulty.
13/02/2013- 1828
ANKARA – Stressing that the current environment was more optimistic in terms of the constitution-making process compared to his previous visit to Turkey two years earlier, Arato reiterated the consensus message.
The meeting, titled “Learning from
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Presidential System, The Kurdish Issue,
Retail Sector Non-Buoyant in the First Month of 2013 With the ongoing negative trend, the TEPE had a value of minus 2.9 in January 2013
04/02/2013- 1227
ANKARA - In January 2013, TEPE showed negligible year-on-year change despite the month-on-month recovery. Expectations for sales, sales prices and employment in the next three months picked up compared to January 2012 while expectations for orde
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
