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Policy Note / Dr. Burcu Gültekin Punsmann Unlocking Nakhichevan, the Gate of Orient - Şark Kapısı 
12/11/2009- 1908 The signature of the protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations and the development of relations by the Turkish and the Armenian Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Zurich on 10 October 2009 brought winds of change in South Caucasus where t [More]
Caucasus Politics, Turkish Foreign Policy,
Policy Note / Dr. Burcu Gültekin Punsmann Moving Beyond Symbolism The Normalization of Turkish-Armenian Relations: a Window of Opportunity for Regional Prosperity?
23/10/2009- 2290 The signature of the protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations and the development of relations by the Turkish and the Armenian Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Zurich on 10 October 2009 concluded the two year long bilateral negotiation [More]
Turkey - Armenia Relations, South Caucasus,
TEPAV : "Istanbul Decisions Are Of Great Importance For Turkey"
20/10/2009- 3285 ANKARA- TEPAV Policy Note "From 'Washington Consensus' to 'Istanbul Decisions': Where do we go?" stated that Istanbul Decisions are of great importance with respect to both the future of the global system and to the position of Turkey in the new glob [More]
G-20, Global Financial Crisis, International Financial Institutions,
Economic Crisis Hits The Urban Poor
29/09/2009- 1844 ANKARA- The Turkey Welfare Monitoring Survey, sponsored by TEPAV, UNICEF and the World Bank, conducted with 2100 families suggest that urban families, especially the poor, were affected quite negatively by the economic crisis. Nearly three quarters o [More]
Global Financial Crisis, Welfare,
Skewed Trade: Cash in Advance When Importing; but a Lack of Cash When Exporting
25/08/2009- 2036 ANKARA- Trade problems of Turkey partially originate from weak demand in the midst of the crisis, while another probelm stems from Turkey being the party that undertakes risk both in exports and imports. The Turkish tier of the World Bank Trade Fina [More]
Trade, Global Financial Crisis, Trade Finance,
TEPAV/Güven Sak: "Public-Private Partnership Model and Private Sector Development are Needed for the Development of Pakistan"
24/08/2009- 2063 ANKARA- TEPAV Director Prof. Dr. Guven Sak stated that public-private partnership model and private sector development are needed for the development of Pakistan as well as long-term stability. The Friends of Democratic Pakistan Group formed by 20 c [More]
Private Sector Development, Pakistan, Middle East,
"European Union, Our Common Future" Events in Kayseri
15/08/2009- 2177 KAYSERİ - TEPAV's second event in the series "European Union, Our Common Future" carried out in cooperation with The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Secretariat General for European Union Affairs (ABGS), was held on 14 [More]
Turkish Economy, Industrial Policy, EU Accession, Business Development,
TEPAV holds second Capacity Building Program for Pakistani Competition Authority
04/08/2009- 1291 ANKARA- The second capacity building program organized by the TEPAV Institute for Private Sector and Economic Development (IPSED) and Competition Authority of Turkey for Pakistan Competition Authority personnel was carried out between July 27 and Au [More]
Middle East,
TEPAV :"Instead of Introducing a New Fiscal Rule, the Existing Fiscal Rule is Loosened"
15/07/2009- 2043 ANKARA- TEPAV expressed that increasing the borrowing limit as per the "Torba" Law which is still on the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) means loosening the only fiscal rule in effect, ironically in a period where the necessity [More]
Fiscal Monitoring , Budget Performance, Fiscal Rule,
Serdengeçti and "Turkey's Renaissance: From Banking Crisis to Economic Revival"
09/07/2009- 1897 ANKARA- TEPAV Stability Institute Director and Former Governor of Central Bank of Turkey Serdengeçti, expressed that the crisis efforts of not only the Central Bank and the Treasury, but also of the IMF and other institutions during and after the 200 [More]
Stability,