Davos

Novinite is republishing an interview with its founder Maxim Behar, CEO of M3 Communications Group and ICCO President, originally done for Vagabond Magazine:

Turkey continues to plumb the depths in terms of gender equality, coming in 130th of 144 countries in the latest World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report.

While the country's overall rating remained unchanged, it fell on some indicators, dropping from 105th to 109th in women's education rates, while also falling from 105th to 113th in women's political participation rates.

M3 Communications Group, Inc. was declared Agency of the Year 2016 in Bulgaria, the biggest recognition in the country's PR business.

At a ceremony annually held by the Bulgarian PR Association (BAPRA), an international jury awarded the agency for its outstanding achievement and hard work in social media and crisis management.  

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, who went to Washington last week to attend a nuclear summit, received perhaps his warmest welcome from pro-Israel lobby groups as he enjoyed the benefits of the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Israel.

Senior government officials have slammed Twitter, claiming it "censored" a hashtag created for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an by removing #WeLoveErdogan from its top trending tweets. 

Turkey rebuked Greek Cypriot administration on March 25 over its announcing a tender for new hydrocarbon exploration offshore the long-divided Mediterranean island.

Since 1971, around 2,500 political, business, cultural and civil society leaders travel annually to the snowy Swiss mountains to meet in Davos. How would you describe the purpose and the impact of this gathering?

Turkey has developed a number of plans to diversify its energy resources over the last decade. These plans have accelerated since the jet crisis erupted with Russia, Turkey's largest energy provider, last November. However, the overemphasis on coal resources in these plans has triggered key environmental questions and other concerns, mainly about labor safety in the mining sector. 

In Davos this year, I found the opportunity to listen to, once more, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the inventor of microcredits and the founder of Grameen Bank. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Feb. 9 hosted a leading delegation representing influential Jewish lobbying groups in the United States in a sign of Ankara's willingness to normalize bilateral ties with Israel.