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agencies, syndicates, NGOs and
the prominent representatives of
the business community.
TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the
Erasmus+ Program, which will
enable training of qualified
personnel needed by the industry,
will bring education institutions
and industry closer together
and contribute to Turkey’s
EU adaptation process and
the generation of the human
resources necessary for this
process.
ratio of 43% since 1979 was
observed during the last
elections in 2009; this figure
was not improved greatly with
only 43.09% attendance in the
2014 elections. Despite joint
candidates of political parties,
campaigned throughout Europe,
and even being held alongside
local elections of various
countries, the lack of significant
change in participation is
noteworthy.
European citizens elected the
parliament members who will
represent them in the European
Parliament, the 8th time since
1979. A democratic platform
wherein the main political
trends of 28 EU member states,
the European Parliament’s 751
newly elected members were
determined during the elections
taking place between the 22nd
and 25th of May, 2014.
The lowest participation
The“New Approaches to the Armenian
Deportation in Nearing Its Centennial
Anniversary”panel was held at the TOBB
University of Economy and Technology
(ETU). Speaking at the opening of the panel,
journalist/author Taha Akyol emphasized
that Turkey has been slow in addressing the
Armenian Issue,“Publications consistent
with scientific criteria which support
Turkey’s thesis need to increase.”
During his speech at the opening of the
panel, Foreign Affairs Ministry Research and
Security Director General, Ambassador Tunç
Üğdül stated that Turkey understands and
appreciates the hardships and pain suffered
by Armenians during the deportation.
Emphasizing, however, that this cannot be
defined as genocide, Ambassador Üğdül
stated that Armenians, in defending their
theses, only take into consideration their
own collective national memories.
New approaches to the
1915
Armenian Deportation
assessed at TOBB ETU
2014
European Parliament
election results
Hosted by EU Ministry
and Turkey National Agency
Bakanlığı, Erasmus+ Program
and The Opportunities for the
Business World Meeting was held
in İstanbul with the attendances
of EU Minister and Chief
Negotiator Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu,
Science, Industry and Technology
Minister Fikri Işık, TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu
as well as professional
organizations, chambers
of commerce and industry,
universities, development
TOBB PRESIDENTM. RIFAT HISARCIKLIOĞLU:
“The Erasmus+ Program
will increase cooperation
between business and education communities
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