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TEPAV 2013 Merih Celasun Award Theme is “Urbanization” Applicant studies are expected to focus directly on Turkey and benefit from international practices and experiences in doing so.
27/10/2013
ANKARA – TEPAV continues to award academic studies in the memory of Prof. Dr. Merih Celasun, who created remarkable solutions to Turkey's structural problems throughout his career. The 2013 Merih Celasun Award theme will be “Turkey’s urbaniza
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The Merih Celasun Award Winner: “The Extension of Compulsory Education Has Reduced the Number of Child Brides.” A study that examines the impact of education on marriage and birth rates reveals that the reform has increased the schooling rates for girls, especially in the rural Turkey.
28/05/2013
ANKARA – The extension of compulsory education from five to eight years has increased schooling rates and decreased the number of teenage marriage and births in Turkey. The findings of the TEPAV 2012 Merih Celasun Award winner study, titled
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Economist and Political Scientist Timur Kuran to Deliver the Merih Celasun Memorial Lecture The 3rd Merih Celasun Memorial Day event will host students and friends of Celasun including prominent academics.
20/05/2013
ANKARA – TEPAV has been organizing Memorial Day events in commemoration of Professor Merih Celasun, who offered critical solutions for Turkey’s economic problems with his studies on economic policy driven by scientific thought. The third event
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The Turkish Economy in 2000-2010: “Not a Lost Decade, But Vulnerabilities Exist” Economist Eken stated that growth was not inclusive enough and rapid growth did not remedy unemployment.
14/01/2013
ANKARA –Turkey’s economic performance in the first decade of the 2000s was brought to the table at TEPAV. Dr. Sena Eken, Retired Senior Economist at the IMF and the co-author of the book “Turkey 2000-10: A Decade of Transition - Discussions A
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Second TEPAV Merih Celasun Award Applications Now Open TEPAV announced applications for the 2012 Award in memory of Prof. Merih Celasun. The application deadline is March 31st, 2013.
27/09/2012
ANKARA – TEPAV has announced the second annual award in the memory of Prof. Dr. Merih Celasun, who created remarkable solutions to Turkey's structural problems throughout his career. The theme of the 2012 Merih Celasun Award is “Demographic
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TEPAV to Open a Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute… The Institute aimed at building capacity will be established in cooperation with the US Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI).
25/09/2012
ANKARA – TEPAV is establishing a new institute to provide a comprehensive knowledge set on the agricultural policy design processes in Turkey. TEPAV | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute will carry out objective evaluations on cur
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What’s New at the New Turkish Commercial Code? (1st of a 3 Part Series) By Sarp Kalkan, TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst
04/07/2012
Turkey’s new Commercial Code (TCC) came into force this week. The former Commercial Code (no. 6267) was enacted more than half a century ago, in 1957. Turkey needs this new corporate legal structure in order to catch up with global trends and
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Stability Institute Director Serdengeçti: “Turkey Compromises Price Stability for Financial Stability.” During the launch meeting of the latest World Bank report, the rise in inflation in Turkey was underscored.
26/06/2012
ANKARA – TEPAV and the World Bank carried out a meeting on Tuesday 26 June 2012 to discuss the World Bank report titled “Global Economic Prospects 2012: Managing Growth in a Volatile World.” Delivering an opening speech, TEPAV Stability Inst
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Famous Economist Prof. Daron Acemoğlu Underscores the Importance of Politics… Speaking at the 2nd Merih Celasun Memorial Day organized by TEPAV, Acemoğlu stressed that Turkey’s democratization process was slow-paced and full of risks.
20/06/2012
ANKARA – Daron Acemoğlu, Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize, stated that considering the future of the Turkish economy, how political risks were managed was of highe
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Prof. Daron Acemoğlu to Speak at TEPAV: "Why Nations Fail?" The second event of the Merih Celasun Memorial Day at TEPAV, held in commemoration of Prof. Merih Celasun, will host the famous scientist Professor Acemoğlu of MIT for the Memorial Lecture.
14/06/2012
ANKARA – TEPAV has been organizing Memorial Day events in commemoration of Professor Merih Celasun, who offered critical solutions for Turkey’s economic problems with his studies on economic policy driven by scientific thought. The second e
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