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Conference to celebrate two decades in women's studies
The 20th year of the Gender and Women?s Studies Graduate Program is now being celebrated with a three-day event, the International Conference on Knowledge and Politics in Gender and Women?s Studies, between Oct 9 and 11 at ODTÜAnkara?s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) institutionalized feminism and began its quest to give master?s diplomas to people from different generations of feminist
Sleepless nights over Turkey's foreign currency deficit
Some 45 percent of Turkish deposits has now been converted into foreign currencies. The concern is for this to rise in a ?dollarization panic.? When risks increase,the foreign currency trend accelerates.From the businessperson to the politician, from the debtor to the creditor, everybody?s eyes are on the dollar?
Is it the same Erdo?an for Europe?
Turkish President Erdo?an?s short tour of Europe seems be serving two main purposes.
Sponsors for Cyprus, why?
It is difficult to understand why Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc? and his team have started seeking international sponsors for a Cyprus deal while there is, as yet, no such deal ready.
Turkey's competitiveness gap
If you thought my last column painted a gloomy picture of the Turkish economy, you should know that you didn?t see even half of it. Space constraints prevented me from going over the plunge in exports, lending, and the Central Bank?s reserves as well as several reports.