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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
TEPAV Shares Turkey’s Experience with the Arab Union Arab League General Secretariat organized a roundtable meeting in Cairo on June 13 to debate the Turkish model.
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CAIRO - TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Esen Çağlar briefed the Arab League about Turkey's performance in economic reforms, economic transformation and private sector led growth.
Arab League General Secretariat organized a roundtable meeting in Cair
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Middle East, Private Sector Development, Reform,
Turkish Business People Briefed on the Investment Climate in CIS Countries Turkish business people were briefed on the investment climate in Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan during a panel meeting held in the context of a training program on "How to Improve the Investment Climate in CIS Countries"
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ANKARA - With a panel meeting organized at TEPAV, the investment climate in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, was introduced by country experts to Turkish business people inte
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TRIPP, Investment Climate, CIS, Islamic Development Bank,
Positive Expectations for the Period Ahead Revive TEPE Led by positive expectations, TEPE increased in May after the downwards movement for three months.
02/06/2011- 1943
ANKARA - TEPE that had been decreasing since February 2011 moved upwards and reached 3.2 in May 2011. The index therefore showed an 1.1 points of month-on-month and 10.9 points of year-on-year increase.
In May 2011, the equilibrium value of the ex
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TEPAV Retail Confidence Indicator (TEPE) , Retailing Sector,
Policy Note/Sarp Kalkan Budget Performance Paves the Way for the Current Account Deficit
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"Current account deficit of Turkey at 61 billion TL is approximate to the sum of the budget deficit (or public S-I gap) at 43.6 billion TL and private savings gap at 13 billion TL. This indicates that the driving factor for high current account
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Current Account Deficit, Budget, Private Sector, Public Sector,
The Problems of the Least Developed Countries Addressed with the Participation of TEPAV TEPAV shared the private sector experience of Turkey at the 4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.
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ISTANBUL -The 4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries was held on May 9-13, 2011 in Istanbul. The steps to be taken in these countries were addressed in sessions participated in by TEPAV.
The conference, which hosted more th
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Private Sector, Industrial Policy, Entrepreneurship , Investment Climate, Labor Market Policies,
TEPAV Launches Competition for the Merih Celasun Award The money award in the competition for academic studies on Turkey's growth challenge is 10,000 TL.
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ANKARA- TEPAV will grant the Merih Celasun Award starting in 2011 in memory of deceased Prof. Merih Celasun. The theme of this year's award is "Turkey's growth challenge." The winning study will be given 10,000 TL.
TEPAV announced that the deadlin
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Growth, Turkish Economy, Merih Celasun Memorial Day,
