Turkey's Interest and Strategies in the South Caucasus Evaluation Note / Burcu Gültekin Punsmann, PhD.
14/05/2012- 2780
"In the early 1990s, the days of Turkey sharing a land border with the USSR ended and it discovered its Caucasian neighbours. For the first time in several centuries (with the exception of 1918-1920), Turkey and Russia have no land frontier. Turkey
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Caucasus, Turkish Foreign Policy,
TEPAV Director Sak: “Turkey Has Weak Connectivity with the Asia-Pacific Region, Investment in Transport Necessary.” TEPAV Director Güven Sak delivered a presentation at the UN Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific launch event.
10/05/2012- 2014
ANKARA – TEPAV Director Güven Sak stressed that weak connectivity with Asian and Pacific countries brought problems for Turkey. Investments on transportation infrastructure were needed to strengthen Turkey’s integration into Asia.
The United Natio
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Asia Pacific, Global Economy, Regional Integration,
The results of the Constitution Citizens’ Assembly Meetings to be Submitted to Parliament Presenting raw data on the twelve meetings excluding Istanbul to the parliament, Speaker Cemil Çiçek, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We hope these results will be taken into account when drafting the constitution.”
09/05/2012- 3166
ANKARA – The results obtained during the Constitution Citizens’ Assembly series, carried out under the secretariat of TEPAV with the initiative of the Constitution Platform consisting of syndicates, professional organizations and civil society o
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform,
Retail Trade Records the Highest Rise in Employment Insured employment in the retail trade sector reached 1,000,074 in January 2012.
09/05/2012- 2219
ANKARA – Overall insured waged employment reached 10,957,000 in January 2012. The highest rise in employment was recorded in the retail trade sector, with 1,000,074 total employment.
The sixth issue of the TEPAV Employment Monitoring Bulletin repo
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Employment, Employment Statistics, Retailing Sector, Informality,
Do Turks Prefer Urban Land Over Savings? Commentary/Esen Çağlar
07/05/2012- 1445
"Our weak savings performance is perhaps the only issue upon which economists watching Turkey agree. Among them, some consider low savings as driven by low growth, and state that when other factors limiting growth are eliminated, the savings rat
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Savings, Growth, Urbanization,
Retail Confidence Drops, Expectations Deteriorate TEPE which has been standing in the negatives since January had a value of -4.4 in April 2012.
03/05/2012- 1722
TEPE recorded year-on-year and month-on-month drops in April 2012. The anticipation for business volume recovery compared to the previous year and last three months improved slightly whereas expectations for sales and order volume deteriorated. The
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
The Constitution Marathon with Citizens Ends in Istanbul The last Citizens’ Assembly was attended by more than one thousand people.
28/04/2012- 2546
ISTANBUL – The thirteenth and the last meeting of the Constitution Citizens’ Assembly series, carried out under the secretariat of TEPAV with the initiative of the Constitution Platform consisting of syndicates, professional organizations and ci
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
Turks love credit cards but hate saving Commentary/Ozan Acar
28/04/2012- 1221
"Why do people save? So that they can consume more in the future. The day to go on a diet is always tomorrow, but we would never think of postponing a good plate of baklava. I guess this is in our nature as humans. Our emotional intelligence (th
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Savings, Credit Cards,
The Last Meeting of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly to be Held in Istanbul The constitution marathon that started in January and progressed with twelve meetings in eleven cities will end this Saturday in Istanbul.
26/04/2012- 2333
ANKARA - The thirteenth meeting of the “Turkey Speaks: Citizens’ Assembly” series will be held in Istanbul on Saturday, April 28, 2012. This will be the last meeting of the series is presented by the Constitution Platform Initiative Group, made
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
Hisarcıklıoğlu: “The current constitution limits us in every sphere.” Erzurum was the twelfth stop of the constitution marathon.
22/04/2012- 1873
ERZURUM – The twelfth meeting of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly series was held in Erzurum on Sunday, 22 April 2012. The meeting attracted great attention and hosted lively debates until the end. The majority of citizens chose to a
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
