No Solution on the Horizon for Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Following recent developments, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan was addressed during a meeting at TEPAV.
08/07/2011- 1825
ANKARA - TEPAV held a roundtable meeting on Thursday, July 7, 2011, with the theme "Peace or War in the Caucasus: Where now for Nagorno-Karabakh?" to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and efforts to bring an end to it that have flourished in re
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Caucasus, Nagorno-Karabakh,
TEPAV is Accepting Applications for the Merih Celasun Award TEPAV is now accepting applications for the first Merih Celasun Award. The application deadline is September 15th, 2011
06/07/2011- 2472
ANKARA - TEPAV has launched an annual award in the memory of Prof. Dr. Merih Celasun, who created remarkable solutions to Turkey's structural problems throughout his career. This year's topic will be "Turkey's growth problems" and applications are
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Growth, Turkish Economy, Merih Celasun Memorial Day,
TEPAV: “Turkey’s Production Decreased by One Rank despite the Record-High Growth” Turkey fell from ninth to tenth place among 45 countries with respect to production growth.
04/07/2011- 1937
ANKARA - TEPAV stated that as of the end of the second quarter of 2011, Turkey fell from ninth to tenth place in terms of production level despite the impressive growth at 11 percent.
TEPAV Global Crisis Group announced the first quarter report
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Growth, Exports,
TEPE Remains Active But Expectations are Stable TEPE has continued to increase in June of 2011 and reached a value of 3.6, but is expected to remain stable in the third quarter.
04/07/2011- 1937
ANKARA - Although a vigorous second quarter has kept TEPE at a positive, it is expected to remain stable in the third quarter. TEPE had been in decline since February of 2011 but increased in May and June, reaching a value of 3.6. It has increased
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Evaluation Note/Erhan Türbedar, PhD. Croatia Receives Green Light for EU Membership
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"Croatia who started EU accession talks in October 2005, the same date as Turkey did, has received the green light from Brussels to be the Union's 28th member. Membership talks with Croatia have been ended, which will be followed by the signing of
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The Balkans, European Union, Accession Process,
TEPAV Analyst Punsmann Assessed the Latest Developments in Palestine TEPAV Senior Foreign Policy Analyst Dr. Burcu Gültekin Punsmann wrote an essay for Hürriyet Daily News about the recent developments in Palestine and comparative advantages of Turkey and Egypt:
28/06/2011- 1894
"Hopes raised by the Egypt-brokered inter-Palestinian reconciliation agreement evaporated with the news that the high profile meeting between the leaders of the rival Fatah and Hamas movements planned for last week, had been called off. Immediat
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Middle East, Palestine,
TEPAV Director Güven Sak: “Turkey Lacks More Than Capital Considering Entrepreneurship” Delivering a speech at a panel meeting organized by Turkcell, Sak stressed that early period venture capital was not the only missing item in Turkey's entrepreneurial ecosystem and that there were steps to be taken in the context of university reform.
27/06/2011- 2391
ISTANBUL- Turkcell organized a conference on Monday, June 27, 2011 with the theme "The Role of Technology and Human Capital in Economic Development" to bring together entrepreneurs, venture capital fund representatives and angel investors, with the
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Entrepreneurship , Venture capital,
Global Entrepreneurship Program Signed with the USA In the context of the Global Entrepreneurship Program to be carried out by TOBB, TEPAV and the US Embassy in Ankara, important events to encourage entrepreneurship in Turkey will be held.
23/06/2011- 2886
ANKARA - TEPAV launched a program in cooperation with the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and the US Embassy in Ankara to encourage entrepreneurship. The Global Entrepreneurship Program involves events to bring together a
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Entrepreneurship , Turkish - American Relations, GEP-TR,
The World Bank’s “Global Development Horizons” Report Presented at TEPAV Delivering the opening speeches, Serdengeçti stated that gold prices were an indicator that there were problems yet to be solved, and Zachau said that while they welcomed the BRSA measures, mortgage and car loans also needed to be monitored.
22/06/2011- 2363
ANKARA - The flagship meeting of the World Bank's (WB) "Global Development Horizons 2011 - Multipolarity: The New Global Economy" in Turkey was held at TEPAV. The report, which discussed a new economic order with a multi-currency system centered ar
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Global Growth, Turkish Economy, Global Economy,
Commentary/Esen Çağlar: How can Turkey be a model for the Arab countries? TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar addressed the "Turkish model" debate in the context of his impressions from the Arab League meeting held in Cairo.
21/06/2011- 2322
Çağlar assessed: "Today, Turkey is maybe the biggest source of inspiration for the Arab countries. Turkey can become a model only after it starts to assess the ongoing transformation process from a more objective perspective. I believe that no c
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Turkish Economy, Reform, Development, Middle East,
