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Alaturka Black or White
İnsan kaynakları yönetim danışmanlığı firması Profil International 20. yaşını kutluyor. 27 Ekim’de Esma Sultan Yalısı’ndaki ‘20 Yılın Profil’i’ temalı özel bir davete çok özel bir projeyle çıkıyorlar: MFÖ’nün üyelerinden Fuat Güner ve müzisyen Erdal Kızılçay, Profil’le iş yapan 14 CEO’nun seçtiği son 20 yılın yabancı parçalarını, alaturka olarak yeniden düzenlendi
Erdoğan to choose a new party team next month
ANKARA - Following his Cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister is now working on renewing his party’s management and his top aides in Parliament, the Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review has learned. The party’s general convention is likely to take place here on Oct. 3.
Reform process needs reform, experts argue
ISTANBUL - The ruling party’s timing in passing legislation concerning judicial operations is cause for debate about the administration’s loyalty to democracy and EU reforms, according to critics. The government claims the new laws are in line with the reforms.
Exports to Africa increase 30 pct
ISTANBUL - Despite a sharp contraction in trade with developed countries, trade between Turkey and Africa has tripled within the past three years, increasing to $18 billion from $6 billion. Turkey’s exports to Africa during that period rose to $9 billion from $2.5 billion.
School to educate high-IQ kids only
ANTALYA - Working in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Antalya Provincial Directorate of Education plans to put children with an IQ level over 130 through an intensive academic program that will include education in both the natural sciences and the social sciences.
Leaders meet to set up better ties
ISTANBUL - Foreign trade ministers and representatives of various countries are meeting with their counterparts in Istanbul. The Turkey-World Trade Bridge Conference 2009 aims to share the advantages of Turkey and its high production capacity and trade potential with participating businesspeople.
The many eras of Eurovision
ISTANBUL - Competing at the Eurovision Song Contest since 1975, Turkey has brought up the rear with an operetta, taken the stage with a song dedicated to petrol during an oil crisis and won by singing in English. This year the voting system has been changed and the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review takes a closer look at this continent-wide event through interviews with former jury members, Turkish Radio and Television Association, or TRT, officials and diehard fans
Staying at the top by relying on mentality
Despite seeing his legs atrophied after contracting Polio at tha age of 4, Yavuz Şap hasn’t given up on anything. He has been an athlete since he saw Mehmet Terzi’s 1984 victory in the Frankfurt marathon on TV. Following that he began training to run a marathon
Africa as a savior for Turkish firms
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s small-and medium-size enterprises have been seeking alternatives to their export markets. Africa presents a lot of opportunities for those seeking new investment options mainly due to a lack of industrialization on the continent, says a Turkish business owner in Nigeria.
Turkey’s pension funds grow 32 pct
ISTANBUL - Pension funds around the world narrowed 20 percent on average last year, losing $5 trillion due to the global credit crunch. But the situation in Turkey is exactly the opposite, as total value of pension funds reaches 6.4 billion Turkish liras. This growth tendency is expected to continue.
