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Economic Freedom of the World 2010 Annual Report has been realesed!Recession caused global decrease in economic freedom; Turkey rated 74 overallAnkara, Turkey—Turkey ranked 74, in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report, released today by Association For Liberal Thinking. Last year, Turkey ranked 88. This year’s report shows that economic freedom experienced its first global downturn in a quarter century, with the average score falling to 6.67 in 2008 (the most recen...Details
Professional Organizations and Liberal Democracy: An Academic Research and Development ProjectALT has completed the final part of a project on the place of professional organizations in liberal democracy with a workshop in January 15th, 2011. With participation of academics, representatives of professional organizations, journalists, and researchers, scientific reports on the issue were discussed. Participants planned to prepare a reformation proposal as the further step of this workshop. ...Details
Workshop on Freedom, Education and Turkey, 9-10 April 2011, BatmanAssociation for Liberal Thinking held the second workshop in Batman city in the very southeastern part of Turkey where the majority of the population is Kurdish, within the Project conducted in cooperation with Union for Free Education. Beside the debates on the values and principles of a free society and a liberal educational system , specific problems of Turkey such as official ideology and education, democratization, Kurdish issue, new ...Details
The 2010 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings Has Been Released!The 2010 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings Has Been Released! Association for Liberal Thinking, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), and European Stability Initiative from Turkey are in the list. January 31st, 2011 Ankara, Turkey – Annual “The Global Go To Think Tank Rankings” report of Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program at University of Pennsylvania, which was first launched in 2006 has been released...Details
Mont Pelerin Society Special Meeting was Held in IstanbulALT cohosted international Mont Pelerin Society Special Meeting in Istanbul on 30 September – 3 October at the Marmara Hotel. (www.mpsistanbul.org) Mont Pelerin Society is founded by economist Prof. Friedrich von Hayek to bring scholars and intellectuals to discuss political and economic problems in the world to find solutions in free marketer perspective to promote individual liberty, limited government and pr...Details
