“The Kosovo Conference” Hosted Representatives from Non-Recognizing Countries TEPAV Foreign Policy Analyst Dr. Erhan Türbedar delivered a speech during the Conference titled “South East Europe in a Multipolar Era” organized by the Foreign Ministry of Kosovo.
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PRISTINA – The Foreign Ministry of Kosovo co-organized the first international conference since the independence, with the European Council of Foreign Relations (ECFR). The conference held in capital city Pristina on November 18 and 19, 2011 wit
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Balkans, European Union, South East Europe, NATO, Russia,
TEPAV at Global Entrepreneurship Week TEPAV participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week, held between November 14 and 20, 2011 under the leadership of the TOBB.
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ISTANBUL – Turkey hosted a series of events between November 14 and 20, 2011 in the context of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is celebrated in many countries throughout the world. Among these events was the Global Entrepreneurship Forum on
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Entrepreneurship ,
A Transatlantic Look at the Turkey-Russia-Iran Nexus… Dr. Stephen Flanagan of the US based Center for Strategic and International Studies assessed Turkey-Russia-Iran relations during a meeting at TEPAV.
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ANKARA – Dr. Stephen J. Flanagan of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington based think-tank working on international relations; spoke at TEPAV on November 17, 2011, Thursday. Flanagan assessed the Turkey-Russia-I
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Turkey-Russia Relations, Turkey-Iran Relations,
Former Vice President of the EU Commission Verheugen Assesses Turkey-EU Relations after the Arab Spring Relations between Turkey, the Arab world and the European Union under the developments in the region were discussed with a meeting co-organized by TEPAV and TOBB-ETÜ.
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ANKARA – Günter Verheugen, Former Vice President of the EU Commission and Advisor to TOBB Presidency, spoke at the roundtable meeting themed “Turkish Foreign Policy After the Arab Spring and Turkish-EU Relations” held on November 16, 2011 Wednes
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EU - Turkey Relations, Regional Economic Cooperation, Arab Spring,
Commentary/Esen Çağlar: Being a top ten economy: are we dreaming? TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar assessed Turkey's aim to be a top-ten economy by 2023 in the light of a comparison of Turkey's performance with other countries in the list.
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Çağlar assessed:
"On a TV show recently, the program host was wandering through the streets of a rising Anatolian city, asking people how many weeks there were in a year. The majority of the respondents answered, “4 times 12, so 48 weeks,” w
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Education , Female Labor Force Participation, GDP,
Istanbul Forum Convened for Women Entrepreneurs The Istanbul Forum aims at developing the dialogue between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan via bringing together the respective business circles convened for women entrepreneurs.
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ISTANBUL – The sixth meeting of the Istanbul Forum, launched by the Chamber of Unions and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) to develop dialogue between the Afghani and Pakistani business worlds, was held on November 1-2, 2011. The Forum meeting,
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Entrepreneurship , Istanbul Forum, Venture capital, Employment,
“Fund of Funds” to Support “Breathless” Entrepreneurs … TEPAV gives support to efforts to establish a fund that brings together the business world and the public sector to support entrepreneurs who have ideas but lack financial means.
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ANKARA – As the world is counting down for Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 14-20, 2011), celebrated in a number of countries, TEPAV has stepped up its work in this area.
TEPAV gives support to efforts to establish an entrepreneurship suppor
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Entrepreneurship , Venture capital, Private Sector, Public Sector, GEP-TR,
Retail Index Continues to Move along the Horizontal Axis TEPE which was in the negatives in August and September stood slightly above zero in October albeit maintaining the movement along the horizontal axis.
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TEPE which had been in the negatives in August and September reached to a positive by October. The index had a value similar to that achieved in October 2010. An improvement in sales volume and sales prices are expected in the next three months. Th
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Turkey was Recommended to Cooperate with the Gulf for Energy… Diversification of energy sources and Turkey-Gulf relations were addressed with a meeting held at TEPAV.
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ANKARA – TEPAV held a meeting with the title “The Role of the Gulf in Turkey's Energy Diversification” on October 21, 2011, Friday.
Delivering a speech during the meeting, Justin Dargin, Energy Law Expert and Associate at the BELFER Center for Sci
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Energy, Gulf Countries,
TEPAV Director Sak: “The State Needed Austerity; the Peoples Are Doing It.” Güven Sak delivered a speech titled “No Need to Worry(?)” during the 11th Retail Sector Summit.
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ISTANBUL – TEPAV Director Güven Sak, speaking about the market interventions of the Central Bank and the latest government decisions, said, “I do not know what the Central Bank is trying to do, either. There are some measures concerning the gove
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Turkish Economy, Retailing Sector, 2001 Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Current Account Deficit, Central Bank,
