TEPAV Director Sak: “It is the Right Time for Agricultural Policy Design to Achieve the 2023 Targets” TEPAV hosted the Conference titled "Agricultural Policy Development and the Multilateral Trading System", which gathered experts in the field and decision-makers.
24/09/2012- 2179
ANKARA – TEPAV Director Güven Sak stated that problems in the food industry, which constitutes 10 percent of all manufacturing industry output in Turkey, can not be solved without addressing agricultural problems. He stressed that it was the right
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Agriculture, Trade, World Trade Organization, Food Sector,
TEPAV Supports the Future of Izmir… Izmir Regional Plan designates the regional needs, priorities and targets of the city in terms of economic, social and cultural development.
21/09/2012- 1459
IZMIR – TEPAV gives support to the “Izmir Regional Plan” coordinated by Izmir Development Agency (İZKA) to guide the city’s development vision for the 2014-2018 period.
The preliminary meeting of the plan was held on Friday, September 21 2012 i
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Development, Governance, Planning,
Is the EU Still Relevant for Turkey? Evaluation Note / Neva Sadıkoğlu
13/09/2012- 2672
"Turks increasingly do not believe that their country will ever be admitted to the European Union. A new study by the German Turkish Foundation for Education and Scientific Research shows that only 17% of Turks believe that Turkey will become an EU
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European Union, EU - Turkey Relations, EU Accession,
Turkey-US Relations in the Context of the Syrian Crisis Discussed at TEPAV The TEPAV USA Center Director Dr. Bülent Alirıza stated that the escalating crisis in Syria might hinder US-Turkish relations.
11/09/2012- 2513
ANKARA – The current state and future of the escalating Syrian crisis and potential impacts on the US-Turkish relations were assessed at TEPAV.
On September 11, 2012 Tuesday, a meeting titled “The Escalating Syrian Crisis and US-Turkish Relatio
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Syria, Middle East, Turkish - American Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy,
Retailers Long For Strong Business Performances TEPE hit the second lowest after June 2012, with a value of -6.5
04/09/2012- 1618
ANKARA – The TEPAV Retail Confidence Index (TEPE) dropped both year-on-year and month-on-month in August 2012. Business volume compared to August 2011 is at its lowest in the last 29 months. Expectations on sales for the next three months stagna
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Number of Public Employees Increases, Agricultural Workers Decreases According to the TEPAV Employment Monitoring Bulletin, the highest increase in number of civil servants was recorded in Şanlıurfa with 33 percent.
02/09/2012- 1794
ANKARA – TEPAV stated that as of April, the share of civil servants and artisans in insured employment increased while the share of farmers decreased. The rise in the number of public employees was driven by the eastern provinces.
The ninth iss
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Employment Statistics, Employment,
Şaban Kardaş / From Zero Problems to Leading the Change: Making Sense of Transformation in Turkey’s Regional Policy The fifth edition of the Turkey Policy Brief Series is authored by Şaban Kardaş, Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at TOBB University of Economics and Technology.
31/08/2012- 3865
"This policy brief engages the ongoing debate among political analysts who question the course of Turkish foreign policy and raise the provocative question whether Ankara’s ambitious ‘zero problems with neighbors policy’ has failed. The brief maint
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Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East, Zero Problems with Neighbors Policy, Regional Transformation,
Erbil, Baghdad, Ankara and Washington: The Complex Politics Of Kurdish Oil Evaluation Note / Seda Kırdar
23/08/2012- 2767
"Oil in the Kurdish region of Iraq is attracting the interest of major oil companies and complicating the politics of the region by exacerbating existing sectarian and ethnic tensions. Iraq’s vast oil reserves gives its long-suffering citizens the
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Turkish Foreign Policy, Iraq, Turkish - American Relations, Middle East, Energy,
TEPAV to Monitor the World Trade Organization Ambassador Bozkurt Aran, former Permanent Representative of Turkey to the WTO, has been appointed to the TEPAV Center for Multilateral Trade Studies (MUTS)
08/08/2012- 3084
ANKARA – TEPAV established the Center for Multilateral Trade Studies (MUTS) to follow developments in the world trading system and the multilateral trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Ambassador Bozkurt Aran, former Permane
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Trade, World Trade Organization,
Bülent Alirıza Appointed Director of the TEPAV USA Center Alirıza: “The Center has been making important, positive contributions to Turkish-American relations.”
07/08/2012- 2697
ANKARA – Bülent Alirıza, Ph.D., was appointed director of the TEPAV USA Center, founded to fill the existing gap by examining Turkey-US relations and bringing together experts and analysts.
Since its opening on November 28, 2011, the Center has be
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TEPAV USA Center, Turkish - American Relations,
