Ahmet Davutoğlu/Principles of Turkish Foreign Policy and Regional Political Structuring The third edition of the Turkey Policy Brief Series, launched by TEPAV and IPLI, was authored by Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.
20/04/2012- 4128
"The world is undergoing tumultuous changes, presenting challenges to countries such as Turkey that are affected by this tectonic transformation. While there is a serious economic crisis currently affecting the international community at large, the
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Turkish Foreign Policy,
The Next Citizens’ Assembly will be Held in Erzurum this Weekend The twelfth meeting of the series will be carried out in Erzurum.
18/04/2012- 1823
ANKARA – The Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly that held eleven meetings in twelve provinces so far is close to the end. After the meeting in Gaziantep, Erzurum will discuss the new constitution this Sunday. During the meeting to be carri
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
Gaziantep Breaks Trabzon’s Participation Record in Citizens’ Assembly The eleventh of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly meetings was held in Gaziantep.
15/04/2012- 2069
GAZİANTEP – The eleventh meeting of the 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 organizations,
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
TEPAV Assesses the New Incentive Package: “The best package so far, but there is more to do” TEPAV's note stressed that the package alone cannot help Turkey reach the 2023 targets and that the need for reform in many fields was continuing.
10/04/2012- 2100
ANKARA - TEPAV, stressing that the new incentive package was the most comprehensive and technically-correct incentive regulation so far, said that the package alone could not fulfill the 2023 targets and that the need for a structural reform agenda
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Incentive Schemes, Public Policy, Current Account Deficit,
The EU Fiscal Compact to Get out of Crisis Discussed at TEPAV Angelo Santagostino, PhD, of the University of Brescia drew attention to the rise in public debt across EU formerly controlled via the Maastricht criteria.
09/04/2012- 1993
ANKARA – The European Union (EU) fiscal compact which became a global agenda item amid the crisis was addressed with a meeting held at TEPAV.
The keynote speaker of the meeting held on Monday, 9 April 2012 was Angelo Santagostino, Jean Monnet c
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European Union, Global Economy, Global Financial Crisis,
The New Investment Incentive Package and the Other Turkey Commentary/Esen Çağlar
09/04/2012- 1720
"The new investment incentive package was announced at the beginning of April. According to the initial reflections in the media, everyone is quite content with it. I would be too, if I was an investor here. It seems that the incentive experts
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Incentive Schemes, Industrial Policy, Regional Development, Public Policy,
Trabzon has the Greatest Level of Participation The tenth Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly, held in Trabzon, had the highest level of participation so far.
07/04/2012- 1934
TRABZON – The tenth meeting of the 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 organizations, was h
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
The Marathon Continues in the Eastern Black Sea: Trabzon to Speak on the New Constitution The tenth of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly will be held in Trabzon on Saturday, 7 April, 2012.
04/04/2012- 1855
ANKARA – On Saturday, 7 April 2012, citizens from Trabzon will discuss the issues they want to be addressed in the new constitution. The previous meetings of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly series were held in Ankara, Konya, Edirne,
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Constitution, Constitution Platform, Constitution Making, Public Participation,
Can the Energy Operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Trigger Dialogue on Cyprus? The latest Cyprus report of the International Crisis Group was discussed at TEPAV.
03/04/2012- 2084
ANKARA – The findings of the latest report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) on the prospects for the hydrocarbon operations in the eastern Mediterranean to give way to a new episode of dialogue were discussed at TEPAV. The report was crit
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Cyprus, Energy, Greek Cypriots,
Retail Confidence Still Inert around the Horizontal Axis TEPE stood in the negatives with a value of -0.4 in March 2012.
03/04/2012- 1606
Albeit the uptrend, TEPE stood in the negatives with a value of -0.4 in March 2012 as it was in January and February. This implies a month-on-month increase by 0.4 points and a year-on-year decreased by 3 points.
The balance value of the expect
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
