BELGIAN AMBASSADOR HENDRIK VAN DE VELDE: “WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER”
A queen-led Belgian business mission will travel to Istanbul and Ankara from 10 to 14 May, aiming to strengthen economic and trade ties between the two countries. Speaking ahead of...
ARZU ONGUR
Legal consultant and attorney Arzu Ongur provides services in many legal fields in Turkey, including the Drinking Water Delivery Project to the TRNC from Turkey, the procurement of Spanish radar software and airport construction, and oil investment projects...
Indian Ambassador to Ankara Susmita Gongulee Thomas is getting ready to end her diplomatic career which has now spanned some 40 years. Ambassador Thomas will be retiring after her term in Ankara comes to an end. Thomas evaluated the...
DEMSA EXECUTIVE BOARD CHAIRMAN
DEMET SABANCI ÇETİNDOĞAN
This month our guest from the business world is the decisive and industrious Demet Sabancı Çetindoğan, who is one of the most important business women in Turkey, featuring on Fortune magazine’s list of the...
PULE ISAAC MALEFANE
“South Africa is Turkey’s Leading Trade Partner in Sub-Saharan Africa”
South African Ambassador to Turkey Isaac Malefane, speaking in an interview with Démarche at his residence in Ankara, elaborated on the economic and political relations between the two...
“I HOPE THE TURKISH PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH JAPAN FOR REALISTIC REASONS.”
HIROSHI OKA
Hiroshi Oka was appointed as Japanese Ambassador to Turkey in April 2016, and has since then strived to develop relations between the two countries in every...
Cuban Ambassador to Turkey Luis Alberto Amoros Nunez, speaking in an interview with Démarche at his embassy office in Ankara, elaborated on the Cuba-Turkey relations, the health and medicine sector, Cuba's fight against Covid-19, and the long term and...
Dutch Ambassador to Ankara Marjanne de Kwaasteniet continues to work from home in Ankara. Underlining that Coronavirus should be considered as an opportunity to make things better, Kwaasteniet said the best part about working at home is his coffee...
GÜRSEL TEKİN
We met with Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Gürsel Tekin at the CHP headquarters in Ankara. After assessing the political climate following the March 30 local elections, the Istanbul parliament deputy shared his thoughts on the upcoming...
TURKISH JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION CHAIR NAZMİ BİLGİN
Veteran journalist Nazmi Bilgin has led one of Türkiye’s most established press organizations, the Journalists’ Association, for 23 years. In an interview with us, he spoke about press freedom in Türkiye, the current state...
