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Jean Marcou - "Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Shifting Back to the West after a Drift to the East?"
The eight edition of the Turkey Policy Brief Series is authored by Jean Marcou, Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Grenoble (IEPG), France; and a Research…

US Gold Sanctions on Iran and Its Possible Consequences
Evaluation Note / Seda Kırdar "Like 2012, 2013 started as a year in which Iran has been increasing the tension between her and the western world day by day due to its…

Expectations in the Retail Sector Blossom alongside Spring
With a value of minus 2 in March 2013, TEPE increased by 2 points month-on-month. ANKARA – In March 2013, TEPE increased month-on-month but was stagnant compared to the…

Entrepreneurs to Rejoin at Garaj with the Motto “No Talk, All Action”
The second Startup Weekend event will be a 54-hour frenzy covering business idea to product development stages. ANKARA – Garaj, which is the entrepreneurship center…

TOBB President Calls WTO Director Lamy to Assure Confidence
TEPAV’s guest Lamy shared the agenda of the upcoming 9 th Ministerial Conference of the WTO, to be held in Ankara, and listened to the audience’s expectations from the…

Has the Negotiation Process Become Credible Now?
Evaluation Note / Nilgün Arısan Eralp "The negotiation process of Turkey with the EU has been stalling since June 2010. There has not been any single chapter that has…

No Recovery in Retail Confidence in February
TEPE decreased month-on-month by 1.2 points and year-on-year by 2.5 points. ANKARA – In February 2013, TEPE decreased month-on-month and year-on-year. Expectations for…

A Comprehensive Review of the Turkish-U.S. Agricultural Trade Relations at TEPAV
The meeting inaugurated by the US Ambassador to Turkey Francis J. Ricciardone assembled Turkish and American bureaucrats with sector representatives. ANKARA – TEPAV held…

Insured Employment Drops by 325,000 Month-on-Month
The SSI reported that the number of insured employees was 11,744,000 in October 2012. ANKARA – The number of insured paid employees decreased by 325,000 to 11,744,000 in…

Can Women Boost Turkey’s Growth?
Policy Note / Güneş A. Aşık "Low female labor force participation rate (FLPR) in Turkey has always been an important item on TEPAV’s agenda. Currently, the participation…

TEPAV Dances to Protest Violence against Women…
TEPAV danced alongside the world to protest violence against women. ANKARA – TEPAV supported the campaign which invited one billion people worldwide to protest violence…

“New Vectors of European Cooperation, a View from Poland”
The role of new forms of cooperation in solving the EU crisis was discussed in a meeting at TEPAV. ANKARA – A meeting titled “New Vectors of European Cooperation, a View…