Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation

Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation

The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation ( _tr. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı, TESEV), based in Istanbul, is Turkey's leading think tank. [cite news|url=http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=59810
accessdate=2008-08-30
title=No real threat to secularism, says TESEV
work=Turkish Daily News
date=2006-11-22
first=Mustafa
last=Akyol
authorlink=Mustafa Akyol
] Its core program areas are democratization, good governance, and foreign policy.

It was founded in 1961 as the "Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Konferans Heyeti" by the pharmaceutical entrepreneur Nejat Eczacıbaşı. [cite web|url=http://www.tesev.org.tr/default.asp?PAG00_CODE=HAKENS01
accessdate=2008-08-30
title=History and Founders
publisher=Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
language=Turkish
]

Executive board

The following members were elected in February 2006: [cite web|url=http://www.tesev.org.tr/default.asp?PAG00_CODE=HAKENS03
accessdate=2008-08-30
title=Executive board
publisher=Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
quote=27/02/2006 tarihinde yapılan Mütevelliler Kurulu toplantısında iki yıl süre ile seçilen TESEV Yönetim Kurulu üyeleri...
language=Turkish
]

* İshak Alaton
* Mustafa Alper
* Yılmaz Argüden
* Ayfer Hortaçsu
* Osman Kavala
* Can Paker
* Ethem Sancak
* Mete Sayıcı
* Tosun Terzioğlu

Secondary

* İlker Keremoğlu
* Canan Kadıoğlu
* Ömer Kaymakçalan

See also

* Turkish think tanks

References

External links

* [http://www.tesev.org.tr/default.asp?PAG00_CODE=ANAEN Official site]


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