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G20 HOME Culture Zone introduces Turkish hospitality, art and culture to the participants of the G20 Antalya Summit
G20 “HOME” Culture Zone G20 Leaders Summit in Antalya is hosting around 13.000 high level participants including 3.000 media members from Turkey and abroad. A cultural zone called “HOME” has been designed with a view to introduce cultural, artistic and historical heritage as well as customs and traditions of Turkey to the G20 Leaders, high level officials and media members on the occasion of the Summit. Comprising around 2000 square meters closed area and equally sized open socializing area, the G20 Home Culture Zone is located within the compounds of Kaya Palazzo Hotel which also hosts International Media Center. The main theme of the G20 Home Culture Zone which is open between 13-16 November, is built on the Turkey’s “Home” concept which focuses on Anatolia as a home for civilizations, cultural and artistic richness, as well as peace and tolerance and conveys the message that whoever comes to these...
World Leaders in Turkey for G20 Summit. Global Economy will be discussed in Antalya.
Antalya, 13 November 2015 – The G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will be held in Antalya on 15 – 16 November. Azerbaijan, Spain, Malaysia, Senegal, Singapore and Zimbabwe will also participate in the Antalya Summit together with the G20 members. Approximately 13 thousand guests—of which 2,469 are media members—will participate in the two-day summit. More than 70 meetings, including the ones at a ministerial level, have been held under the Turkish Presidency since 1 December, 2014. The first Energy Ministers Meeting in the history of G20 was held in Istanbul on 2 October, 2015. The strengthening of SMEs as economic forces that boost global employment, and the integration of SMEs into the global economy have been discussed, leading to the founding of the World SME Forum – a first during the Turkish Presidency. The three main themes of this year’s G20 Summit were chosen as...
G20 Turkey: The Antalya Summit is now available for download
G20 Turkey: The Antalya Summit is now available for download. As an official publication of the G20 Research Group at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, the publication is an essential resource for all G20 stakeholders. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduces the publication with a discussion on Turkey’s inclusive agenda, followed by perspectives from senior political figures such as Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. Turkish Prime Minister Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu and key Turkish ministers also address the agenda of inclusiveness, implementation and investment for growth through their sectors. In addition to policymakers, vital opinions are shared by non-governmental contributors including Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General; Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary; and Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al Madani, Islamic Development Bank Group President. To download G20 Turkey: The Antalya Summit for free, visit http://www.g7g20.com/publication/g20-2015 For live coverage of...
Global Connection publishes a Special “G20 in Turkey” report in Five Different Countries
The tenth annual G20 Leaders Summit, a platform which brings together the 20 developed and developing countries of the world and the European Union, will be held in Antalya between 15-16 November 2015. “G2O in Turkey”, one of the the official publications of the summit covering the events, has begun to reach readers from five countries . Published by the international media company Global Connection (GC) with contributions from worldwide journalists, “G20 in Turkey” has described Turkey as the “the most dynamic country among the G20”. “G20 in Turkey” which is published with Le Figaro in France, Die Welt and Welt Kompakt in Germany, The Daily Telegraph in the UK. Komsomolskaya Pravda and Kommersant in Russia, and Gulf News in the UAE also features statements by President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yılmaz, will be reaching 55 million readers. Among the...
First Ever W20 Summit in Istanbul called on the G20 Leaders to do more on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
Women-20 (W20) Summit was held in Istanbul on 16-17 October 2015 with the participation of 36 representatives from 20 countries and two international organizations, namely UN Women and International Labor Organization. Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Uganda were among the countries represented in the Summit, specially invited by W20 Turkey in line with Turkey’s priority to strengthen dialogue with the Low Income Developing Countries during its G20 Presidency. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the participants during the opening ceremony and promised to actively lobby G20 leaders at the Antalya Summit to incorporate W20 recommendations in the Leaders Communiqué. Underscoring that unless women got the status they deserved, economic goals could not be attained, President Erdogan said: “High-quality growth means more jobs, higher life standards and fairer distribution of wealth. The W20 has a great responsibility to contribute and offer suggestions to the G20 in all these areas.” Turkey’s G20...
