PRESS RELEASE: THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DISPLAY THE SAME DYNAMISM TOWARDS THE EU THAT IT SHOWS TO THE MIDDLE EAST

The President of the economic development foundation (İKV) Prof. Dr. Halûk Kabaalioğlu is assessing the contacts made by the EU high representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and the Commissioner Responsible forEnlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle during their visit in Turkey.

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FOOD SAFETY, VETERINARY AND PHYTOSANITARY CHAPTER HAS BEEN OPENED

Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy chapter has been opened on June 30, 2010, the last day of Spanish Presidency.

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’WHO ’LOST’ TURKEY?’

Joschka Fischer, the former foreign minister and vice-chancellor of Germany wrote an article entitled “ Who ‘Lost’ Turkey?” published  on the 1^st July 2010in Project Syndicate.

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IKV HELD ITS 48TH GENERAL COUNCIL

The Economic Development Foundation (İKV)’s 48^th General Council Meeting was held on the 22^nd of June 2010, in TOBB Plaza in Istanbul. During the meeting, the delegates representing İKV’s trustees and supporters approved the budget of the Foundation, budget projections for the following year, as well as the framework of activities envisaged for the period 2010-2011.

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A CONFERENCE ON “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WIPO, EU AND REFLECTIONS ON TURKEY ”

The issue of copyrights in digital media, which is of great importance in the ongoing process of Turkey’s accession to the European Union and in the alignment of the WTO standards, was tackled in Istanbul on the 12^th June 2010 in a conference organized jointly by İKV and the Turkish Republic’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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EUSG PREPARED ADVERTISER BOOKLETS FOR EU COMMUNICATION STRATEGY

English version of the advertiser booklet, which is about Turkey's EU membership, prepared by EU Secretariat General (EUSG) in the framework of EU Communication Strategy (EUCS).

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