Studies for the Istanbul–Islamabad Railway Project Have Gained Speed TEPAV Director Güven Sak met President Zardari during his visit to Pakistan and discussed the Istanbul-Islamabad Railway Project.
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ISLAMABAD / KARACHI - TEPAV Director Güven Sak visited Pakistan on 17-18 March 2011 and met senior officials to discuss the Istanbul-Islamabad Railway Project. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan, also received Sak. The main item on the agenda
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Regional Economic Cooperation, Pakistan, Trade,
TEPAV: “Optimal Election Threshold for Turkey is 4 Percent” TEPAV's study revealed that an election threshold at 4 percent improves "fair representation" without making large concessions from the "consistency in administration" and calculated how the MPs by parties would have changed if 2007 elections had been held with a threshold at 4 percent.
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ANKARA- TEPAV, declared that the optimal level of election threshold for Turkey was 4 percent. The study revealed that if the election threshold, which became a major issue on the agenda along with the constitution debates, is lowered from 10 perce
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Elections, Election Threshold,
Harvard Students Briefed on Economics by Süreyya Serdengeçti Students from the Harvard Kennedy School paying a visit to TEPAV learned about the recent developments in the Turkish and the world economies from Süreyya Serdengeçti, TEPAV's Stability Institute Director.
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ANKARA - A delegation composed of Turkish and foreign students from the Harvard Kennedy School paid a visit to TEPAV. In the context of the program organized for the delegation on March 16, 2011, Süreyya Serdengeçti, TEPAV Stability Institute Direc
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Turkish Economy,
Support for the EU Drops by 4 Points in 3 Years The ratio of those who says that they will vote for Turkey's EU membership in a public opinion poll decreased from 58 percent to 54 percent.
10/03/2011- 3910
ANKARA - The ratio of those who says that they will vote for Turkey's EU membership in a public opinion poll decreased by 4 points from 58 percent to 54 percent in three years between 2008 and 2011.
TEPAV and A&G Research Company conducted a p
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EU Accession, EU - Turkey Relations, Public Opinion Poll,
TEPAV: “The Reaction of the Island Tends to Evolve into a Movement of Economic Rationalization” Policy Note "Birth Pains of Autonomy in the TRNC: Communal Existence Rallies must evolve into an "institutional economic rationalization" movement" by TEPAV Research Associate Mehmet Ratip was published.
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ANKARA - TEPAV's evaluation about the economic future of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) stressed the need and the trend for the evolution of the social reaction into a movement of "economic rationalization".
Policy Note "Birth Pain
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Cyprus, Public Opinion Poll, Turkey-Cyprus Relations,
Evaluation Note/Andrew Fraker & Damla Özdemir Female Labor Force Participation: How Does Turkey Compare?
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Low female labor force participation (FLFP) levels lead to an excess amount of labor that can't be utilized in such economies. Women's lack of economic independence is also a serious cause for the underdevelopment of women's rights in a country. Am
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Female Labor Force Participation, Industrialization, Urbanization,
TEPAV Director Sak: “Intra-regional Trade Becoming Increasingly Important” Delivering a speech at the 25th annual conference of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) representing members from 27 countries, Sak stressed the increasing importance of intra-regional trade.
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ISTANBUL - TEPAV Director Prof. Dr. Güven Sak stressed that Turkey is becoming the industrial hub of its region and maintained that the next steps to take in this regard were the diversification of the value chains to the region to ensure regional
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Regional Economic Cooperation, Regional Integration, Asia Pacific,
TEPAV: No Social Support for the Presidential System In the public opinion poll conducted by TEPAV and A&G Research Company 56.3 percent of the respondents said that the current parliamentary system must be kept. 16 percent think that the presidential system must be introduced.
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ANKARA - Polls show that the public opinion does not support the presidential system. The ratio of those not supporting the presidential regime is 56.3 percent as opposed to 16 percent who do.
TEPAV and A&G Research Company conducted a publ
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Presidential System, Public Opinion Poll,
TEPAV: “New Definitions for International Trade and Current Accounts Needed” TEPAV stated that some indicators need to be reconsidered since the spread of multinational firms throughout the world has altered the balances between countries.
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ANKARA - TEPAV argued that the nation-state based analysis of international trade and balance of payments accounts might lead to false interpretations and maintained that the mentioned accounts need to consider new definitions that regard internati
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Current Account Deficit, Globalization, Multinational Firms,
The Latest Cyprus Report of the International Crisis Group Discussed The report "Cyprus: Six Steps toward a Settlement" by the ICG was discussed with a meeting at TEPAV.
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ANKARA - The latest Cyprus report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) was discussed in a meeting at TEPAV with the participation of Hugh Pope, Turkey / Cyprus Project Director. Pope said that the relations between Turkey, Cyprus and the Euro
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Cyprus, Greek Cypriots, EU - Turkey Relations,
