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Water world: Hydroelectric power plants are a major renewable energy source
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Hydroelectricity is the cornerstone of Turkey’s goal to boost renewable energy supply, but building thousands of dams comes at an environmental cost. Retired imam Kazım Delal avoids visits to his beloved Küçükcayır, the village where he grew up and that his family has called home for five generations. Located in the lush Salarha Valley in the emerald-green mountains of the eastern Black…

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Out in the country: Gulf states look to acquire farmland to meet growing demand at home
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Little grows in the arid countries of the Gulf without large quantities of expensive water. The solution may lie in the lush pastures of nearby Turkey, where Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE plan to spend billions of dollars to buy or lease farmland. These investments, they hope, will allow them to become self-sufficient in terms of food. Some argue, however, that the investments may undermine Turkey’s…

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Come together: Sector players seek to expand their reach into different segments of the market
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While incumbent operators in other European countries have become market leaders in both mobile and fixed segments, the Turkish example has been defined by large operators who started out strong in either the mobile or the fixed segment – but not both. Türk Telekom, the incumbent fixed-line operator, dominates the market with the copper infrastructure that inherited from its days as a public…

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Need for speed: Investments by operators are leading to faster internet connections
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The Turkish broadband market has seen massive growth in the past decade. Between 2003 and the third quarter of 2011, the number of subscriptions rose from 18,600 to more than 12.7m, according to the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA). The subscribers are divided among various fixed and mobile services, the most popular being ADSL (7m), mobile internet (5m) and cable (450,000).…

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Growth spurt: A combination of factors has led to a wave of private investment
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Since the beginning of the Turgut Özal administration in the 1980s, the Turkish economy has undergone major liberalisation unseen since the earliest years of the republic. The government has been working to privatise enterprises, telecommunications, roads and rapid transit. Within the scope of these changes, Turkey’s private health care providers have also taken on a greater role in the sector.…

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Investing in the future: Growing foreign investment and increasing competition for university admission drive change
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A sizeable influx of foreign investment has been seen in Turkey’s education system in recent years, helping to meet demand from a growing population with rising disposable incomes. Extreme competition for admission to top universities has encouraged many Turkish families to send their children to private schools or a private tutor. This trend has encouraged the growth of the private education…

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Growing influence: A political and economic link between the West and the Middle East
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Over the past decade, Turkey has experienced a number of important transitions that have led to demographic, economic and cultural transformation. These changes have made contemporary Turkey a regional focal point that many Turks regard as an extension of its influence in Ottoman times. Following the onset of a devastating banking crisis and severe economic recession in 2001, the Justice and…

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Art boom: Greater importance is being placed on arts and culture
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Over the course of the past decade, Turkey's economy and society have undergone drastic changes: high GDP growth, the consolidation of civilian political control and the evolution of a more nuanced perspective on the country’s role in the region. The nation's growing prominence has led the international community to increasingly value Turkish arts and culture. Public sector support for culture…

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Change for the better: An overview of the current legal landscape
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In keeping with the country’s growing social needs and the breakneck pace of technological advances that the world has seen since the turn of the century, the need to amend and improve major codes in the law has become indispensable as of late. The government has been very active in trying to keep the legal environment current, and has introduced major improvements to the existing legal framework…

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Rewriting pre-history: Excavations at Göbekli Tepe have unearthed some spectacular finds
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An unassuming, 20-metre hill, some 15 km north-east of Şanl›urfain South-east Turkey, seems a rather unusual place to be sending the archaeological world into a spin. Yet Göbekli Tepe, located at the northern end of what the ancients called the Fertile Crescent, is currently doing just that. In the process, it is also raising important questions about the development of civilisation itself…