Employment Drops in the Education and Health Sectors Between November 2010 and November 2011, 30,000 people left jobs in the education sector.
12/03/2012- 2091
ANKARA – TEPAV stated that the education and health sectors faced the highest drops in employment. The stable, upward trend of employment in the education sector since 2008 turned downwards by mid-2011.
The fourth issue of the TEPAV Employment
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Employment, Education , Health Sector, Employment Statistics,
Mehmet Görmez/Religion and Secularism in the Modern World: a Turkish Perspective The second edition of the Turkey Policy Brief Series, launched by TEPAV and IPLI, was authored by Mehmet Görmez, President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs in Turkey.
12/03/2012- 3863
"This policy brief presents an alternative perspective on the relationship between religion and politics by employing an inter-disciplinary framework. Identifying two problematic approaches to the role of religion in modern world – viewing religion
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Turkish Politics, Turkish Foreign Policy, Religion,
Citizens’ Assembly Heads South: Antalya’s Turn to Discuss the New Constitution After Izmir, Antalya outperformed the other provinces where meetings were held, in terms of the overall participation rate as well as the rate of women’s participation.
11/03/2012- 1870
ANTALYA - The thirteen professional and civil society organizations that make up the Constitution Platform initiative group held the seventh Citizens’ Assembly in Antalya, under the secretariat of TEPAV. The event was attended by citizens and repre
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
The Constitution Marathon Continues in Antalya … The seventh meeting of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly series will be held in Antalya with the secretariat of TEPAV.
09/03/2012- 1809
ANKARA – The Anatolia tour of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly continues with the motto “Turkey Speaks.” The seventh meeting of the series will be held in Antalya on Sunday, March 11, 2012. Previous meetings of the series were held in
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
Women Speak about the Constitution on March 8th Around 500 women attended the Citizens’ Assembly held on International Women’s Day.
08/03/2012- 2004
ANKARA – A special meeting of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly series was held on International Women’s Day, March 8, with the participation of women only. The sixth meeting of the series, which was held on a weekday with a special them
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation, Gender,
Commentary/Nihat Ali Özcan: Lessons of the ‘humanitarian corridor’ As for Turkey, the apparent “humanitarian corridor” that was applied in Iraq after the First Gulf War was evidently not educational enough.
08/03/2012- 1099
"Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is increasingly becoming rigid on Syria. Opponents are continuing their meetings in Istanbul under the auspices of Turkey. Mr. Minister is complaining that international actors were not sufficiently solicitous
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Izmir Citizens’ Assembly Breaks Participation Record The fifth of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly, held in Izmir, also had the highest level of participation by women.
04/03/2012- 2033
IZMIR – A Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly was held in Izmir on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Izmir, which was the fifth stop of the series, outperformed Ankara, Konya, Edirne and Diyarbakir concerning participation rates as well as women’s partic
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Constitution, Constitution Making, Constitution Platform, Public Participation,
Retail Confidence not yet in the Positive Zone Despite the uptrend, TEPE remained in the negatives in February 2012.
02/03/2012- 1678
ANKARA - TEPE remained in the negatives in February 2012 despite the uptrend it achieved. The main driver of the uptrend was the positive expectations for the next three months. Non-adjusted series hit the lowest of the last twenty two months conce
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
TEPAV to Represent Turkey’s Think-Tanks at G-20 Summit Among the influential think-tanks to be convened at the Summit, TEPAV will deliberate how the G-20 can be transformed into a global governance mechanism.
27/02/2012- 4811
ANKARA – This year’s G-20 Summit, which will be hosted by Mexico, is to hold the first Think-20 meeting, inviting think-tanks active in global policy design. TEPAV will be representing Turkey at the Summit to be held in Mexico City on 27-28 Februar
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G-20, Think-tanks, Turkish Economy,
Izmir to Discuss the New Constitution … The next meeting of the Constitution Platform Citizens’ Assembly series will be held in Izmir.
23/02/2012- 1990
ANKARA - The fifth meeting of the “Turkey Speaks: Citizens’ Assembly" series will be held in Izmir on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Previous meetings of the series were held in Ankara, Konya, Edirne and Diyarbakır.
The series is presented by the Constitu
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Constitution, Constitution Platform, Constitution Making, Public Participation, Civil Society,
