“Ongoing Crises in the Balkans and the Turkish Response” Dr. Sabine Freizer, Europe Program Director at the International Crisis Group, assessed the recent developments in the Balkans.
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ANKARA – The Balkans, where the tension recently raised upon several developments, were addressed during a roundtable meeting held at TEPAV on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. In the meeting, Dr. Sabine Freizer, Europe Program Director at the Interna
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The Balkans, European Union,
The PKK Report of the International Crisis Group Introduced at TEPAV In a meeting held at TEPAV, the latest PKK report of the International Crisis Group was introduced by Huge Pope, Turkey/Cyprus Project Director.
20/09/2011- 2322
ANKARA – The latest Turkey report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) was introduced with a meeting held at TEPAV on Tuesday, September 20, 2010. The findings and recommendations of the report titled “Turkey: Ending the PKK Insurgency” were pre
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Terrorism, Turkish Politics,
Commentary/Esen Çağlar: How can fiberoptic cables reduce migration from the east to the west? TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar assessed the services sector-based development potential of Erzurum taking departure from Turkcell's research project that investigated the local economic impact of its call center in the city.
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Çağlar said:
"I do not know about politics, but technology definitely has the power to make dreams come true. Let’s say that you are in Istanbul and you want to order kebab from the restaurant two blocks away. You pick up the phone and a young
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Regional Development, Telecommunication, Employment,
Post-crisis Agenda for Foreign Trade: South-South Trade World Bank report "Managing Openness: Trade and Outward Oriented Growth after the Crisis" debated with a meeting at TEPAV.
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ANKARA -A World Bank report titled "Managing Openness: Trade and Outward Oriented Growth after the Crisis" was addressed with a meeting held at TEPAV on September 19, 2011. Among the featured themes of the report was the rising importance of south-
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Trade, Turkish Economy, Global Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Protectionism,
TEPAV/SAK: “Independent Administrative Authorities Characterize Policy Stability” Stressing that policy stability is of key importance for foreign investors, Sak criticized the recent arrangements introduced via decree.
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ISTANBUL- TEPAV Director Prof. Güven Sak stressed that policy stability characterized by independent administrative authorities was of key importance for foreign investors.
At the 13th Energy Arena held in Istanbul, Sak delivered a speech title
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Energy,
TEPAV/SAK: “Arab Countries Must Examine Turkey’s Reform Experience Thoroughly” The EUROCHAMBRES Joint Members Committee Meeting started in Belek, Antalya.
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ANTALYA-TEPAV Director Prof. Güven Sak stated that Arab countries that are going through a radical transformation process must thoroughly examine Turkey's reform experience.
The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHA
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Economic Transformation, Turkish Economy, Reform, Second Generation Reforms,
Negative Trend in TEPE Continues TEPE which stood in the negatives in July, for the first time in the last ten months preserved the downwards trend in August. The chief reasons for TEPE decline was the deterioration of expectations for business activities in the next three months.
05/09/2011- 2006
ANKARA-TEPE which had been in the positives since September 2010 stood at -0.6 in July 2011. The fall in the index furthered and the index decreased to -4 in August 2011. This implies a month-on-month decline by 3.4 points and a year-on-year declin
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Commentary/Sarp Kalkan: "Why was Turkey differentiated from other developing countries?" TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Sarp Kalkan analyzed the differentiation of Turkey from other developing countries with respect to exchange rate and stock market movements.
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The commentary assessed:
"Turkey has been differentiating substantially from other developing countries in terms of exchange rate and stock movement since the beginning of November 2010. This proves that the behavior of international fund inflo
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Current Account Deficit, Monetary Policy,
Commentary/Ozan Acar: Turkey’s sovereign rating increased relatively TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Ozan Acar evaluated the current outlook of Turkey's sovereign rating in the context of the developments witnessed since January 2011.
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Acar assessed:
Due to the uncertainties arising as a result of the global crisis, fund managers tend to focus on short-term rather than long-term factors when making investment decisions. The relative improvement in and the stable outlook of T
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Credit ratings, Current Account Deficit, Foreign Fund,
Commentary/Esen Çağlar: "It is time to devise a new policy for Turkey’s industrial zones." TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar stressed that in which direction the function of OIZs in Turkey will be evolved was closely related to the country's industrial policy and efforts to tackle the high current account deficit.
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Çağlar assessed: "Recently, the fiftieth anniversary of the Bursa Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ), Turkey's first OIZ, was celebrated. The fifty-year long adventure, which started with a World Bank loan in the process of the shift to a planne
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Industrial Estate (OIZ), Clusters, Industrial Policy,
