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BÜ’den AB Erasmus+ Ka2 Stratejik Ortaklık Projesi
BİNGÖL ÜNİVERSİTESİ (BÜ) PROJE KOORDİNASYON MERKEZİ TARAFINDAN AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ KA2 STRATEJİK ORTAKLIK PROGRAMI KAPSAMINDA, “INNOVATİVE APPROACHES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY: SOLAR ENERGY” BAŞLIKLI PROJE HAZIRLANARAK ULUSAL AJANS’A SUNULDU. (YILMAZ ATAR BİNGÖL İHA)
Farmers in Bandırma turn fields into money
ISTANBUL - Bandırma, one of Turkey's most prominent spots in terms of wind potential, has been attracting many energy investors. That is why with energy firms knocking, some farmers in Bandırma have chosen to turn the land they have inherited from their family into cash.
Incirlikization
Oftentimes, lecturing on Turkey to audiences across the United States, I find myself amiss, in need of a map to identify Turkey’s geographic location. In such cases, I resort to a virtual map, using my fingers to sketch Turkey’s surrounding regions: the Middle East, Europe, Black Sea, Mediterranean and Caucasus. However, this virtual map often further confuses my audience, leaving people wondering where Turkey really is.
Georgia’s tax law change hurts Artvin
ISTANBUL - Kemalpaşa, a small town of Artvin, which has been a rising star with its commercial activity during the global crisis, now faces significant stagnation. Georgia’s decision to remove the tax exemption it provided for border trade distresses the town’s residents.
Festival makes Mardin center for cooperation
MARDIN - The Mardin Film Festival that kicked off Monday in the southeastern city will be concluded tomorrow with a happy ending. The festival's organizers made a deal with Dox-Box International and Damascus International Film Festival to collaborate in 2010. But, they will need significant support from local governments and both states.
Export concepts, says OYAK chief
MARDIN - OYAK, Turkey’s leading pension fund which is active in automotive, steel, cement and energy, may ’export’the formula that made it a success over the past nine years, according to Chairman Coşkun Ulusoy. ’Imagine the name of any major private equity fund or pension fund worldwide, and I can guarantee you we are talking to them,’Ulusoy says.
Azerbaijan gives green light to gas
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s growing natural gas need is forcing the government to look for ways to receive more gas through international agreements. Although negotiations continue about Nabucco, Turkish officials say Azerbaijan agreed to feed Turkey 4 billion cubic meters of gas after 2013
Britain formally ends Iraq combat operation
BASRA - British forces formally ended combat operations in Iraq yesterday, one month ahead of schedule, after a solemn ceremony to remember their dead comrades from six years of warfare. The conclusion of the military campaign, which began in March 2003, came as British PMGordon Brown met his Iraqi counterpart Nouri al-Maliki in London.
Joint work by Turk, Greek artists
NEVŞEHİR - Artists from Turkey and Greek are working on a joint sculpture in Cappadocia. With efforts from the Defne Turkish Greek Friendship Association in Turkey and the Daphne Greek Turkish Friendship Association in Greece, two sculptors came together for the 8th Turkish-Greek Friendship Festival.
Government urged to seize the opportunity
WASHINGTON - Turkey could come out of this crisis with a much stronger economy if it seizes the opportunity the crisis presents and implements much-needed structural reforms, according to Shigeo Katsu, the World Bank's vice president for the Europe and Central Asia region.
