Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation

The Turkish Foundation for Economic and Social Studies, TESEV abbreviated for " ve Türkiye Ekonomik Sosyal Etüdler Vakfi ", is one of the most respected independent think-tanks Turkey and sees itself as a bridge between research and policy. Their economic and social science studies on the situation in Turkey, but where there are the controversial large-scale social issues many opinions relatively few empirical studies have already made ​​many important contributions.

TESEV has its headquarters in Istanbul and was established in 1994 as a foundation. TESEV considers itself the successor of the " Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler konferans heyeti " which was founded in 1961 by the pharmaceutical industrialists Nejat Eczacıbaşı and its successor Bülent Eczacıbaşı from 1993 to 1997 founding chairman of TESEV was. Since 1997, Can Paker TESEV is chairman.

Main topics of study are democratization, good governance and foreign policy. TESEV organized joint conferences and workshops with Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Konrad- Adenauer -Stiftung and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. TESEV has an annual budget of about U.S. $ 2 million, of which $ 400,000, the Soros Foundation contributes the remaining amount comes from Turkish sources. TESEV also has numerous grants from the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme and other organizations get.

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