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Mehmet Buyukeksi, President of Turkish Exporters' Association.

The Turkish Exporters Assembly is the umbrella organization of 45,000 Turkish exporters. The Assembly represents 59 regional and sectoral exporter associations, 23 sectors, and 13 Secretariat Offices serving exporters and exporter associations in local and international arenas.

June 26, 2009
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"The Biggest Obstacle in Front of Even Closer Relations is the Lack of Information"

Murat Yalcintas.

The Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, with its 127-year history and its consequent experience, is the oldest and biggest non-governmental organization in Turkey. It is also one of the most outstanding chambers of commerce in the world. Murat Yalçıntaş (along with his team) has been re-elected president of the İstanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO), having received 133 out of 243 votes in an election held last February.

June 26, 2009
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Organization of Ethnic Enterprises

Dortmund, Germany - Dortmund, located in the North Rhine-Westphalia district of Germany, has a population of 587,800 and is the seventh largest city in the country. It ranks 34th among the large cities of Europe and according to the 2005 census residents include 134,000 (22.9%) immigrants.There are approximately 27,000 Turkish people living in Dortmund.

Caner Aver, Spokesman of DOGIAD.

August 29, 2008
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If Doner were to be a Profession!

Koln, Germany - Döner, which rapidly spread through European countries with Germany in the lead, has surpassed all fast food products and has become a giant sector with its producers, sales points, restaurants and consumers. In Germany there are overall nearly 300 döner makers. Around 30,000 döner stalls and restaurants employ 150,000 employees.

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August 29, 2008
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The Voice of the Turkish Business World in Berlin

Berlin, Germany - Berlin, where the population of Turkish emigrants living outside of Turkey is most dense, also has the oldest Turkish society for businessmen in Germany. The society, which was founded by 28 Turkish businessmen in April 1996 under the name of the Berlin Brandenburg Society of Turkish-German Businessmen, today has 380 members. It is the voice of approximately 9000 Turkish business establishments in and around Berlin. The number of German members constitutes about 10% of the whole.

August 29, 2008
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Businessmen Get Together at the Mediterranean Executive Dinner

Los Angeles – About a year ago, a group of Turkish businessmen who live and work in or around Los Angeles decided to make a habit of getting together regularly.

June 15, 2008
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Living Azerbaijan in America

History books refer to Azerbaijan as the first Turkish and Muslim republic ever founded. First Azerbaijan Republic, founded in May 1918, five years before the Republic of Turkey, was short-lived. It lasted for 18 months only.

March 15, 2004
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The Turkish Staff of World Bank and IMF Joined Forces

Demet Cabbar – Washington, D.C. -
It was a cold winter afternoon in Washington, DC. Thousands of World Bank and IMF Staff members had gathered at the Atrium of the World Bank headquarters to see performances from around the world and to celebrate the cultural diversity of the staffs in these organizations.

March 15, 2007
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The Knight of TABA-AmCham

Ugur Terzioğlu was awarded the “Cavaliere Della Rebubblica Italiana” medal in 2005. In addition to Italy, the French government also awarded him the “Chevalier De L’ordre” decoration. Uğur Terzioğlu also is the only person to have served as TABA-AmCham President for two terms.

June 15, 2007
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American-Turks Organize on Political Arena

Two new organizations started operations this year to help promote Turkish American interests in the US—one in fostering Turkish American issues through public education and the other through engagement in the US political arena.

March 15, 2007
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Graduates Whose Hearts Still Lie on the Banks of the Bosphorus

A restaurant on New York's Madison Avenue.....There are around 40 people between the ages of 25 and 70 near the entrance to the restaurant, in the bar area, talking and reminiscing. What has brought them together is that they are all graduates of Robert College (RC).

March 15, 2007
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Financiers Desperately Seeking Synergy

The Institute for International Education recently announced that there were 11,600 Turkish students studying at American universities in the 2005-2006 school year. Although this was a decrease from the 12,500 students of the previous year, Turkey still ranks as eighth in the world in the amount of students it sends to study in the US.

December 15, 2007
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Sending Hope to Anatolia

One day a lawyer, a company manager, and a businessman sat down together and contemplated how to tackle the lack of books for students in public schools throughout Turkey. In their spare time they formed the Bridges of Hope Project Foundation in November 2005 and in the past two years have provided 11,000 public boarding school students with 16,000 books.

December 15, 2007
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American Capital in Motion

In January, 2004, companies with US capital in Turkey formed an association to foster better cooperation. Since then, the American Business Forum in Turkey (Amerikan Şirketler Derneği), with the support of the American Commercial Attaché, has reached 57 members. Considering that the number of American companies operating in Turkey is 220, this is a remarkable achievement for its first year.

July 15, 2005
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