Tax & Legal
Mahmut Karaman, Founding Partner, & Fatma Kurt, Senior Associate, Karaman Law Firm
As members of one of the most prestigious law firms in Turkey, Karaman and Kurt discuss recent trends within the shipping industry, and the cases they’ve been working on.
February 4, 2010Related by the tag Shipping Law
Tax & Legal
Yiannis Timagenis, of Timagenis Law Firm
On accepting the 2010 World Finance award for Shipping Team of the Year, Greece, Yiannis Timagenis explains the significance of the sector, and investigates trends within the wider market.
March 22, 2010Related by the tag Turkey
Energy
Murat Kutluturk and Candas Gulez, ETRM Energy Consultancy and Risk Management
ETRM is a global energy consultancy, working at every level – from generation and transmission to distribution and service – across the wholesale, retail and utility sectors. Murat and Candas explain how the company works to internationalise best practice, Turkey’s new pricing mechanism for renewable energy, and its role as a bridge between eastern suppliers and western consumers.
April 9, 2012
Insurance & Pensions
Yιlmaz Yιldιz, CEO, Groupama
The Turkish economy has performed impressively over the last three years, with one of the fastest growth rates after China. The pensions and insurance sector has mirrored this performance, but although growth is strong (15 percent), excessive competition and regulation hinders profitability. Yιlmaz Yιldιz discusses the way forward for the sector in a country where the premium per capita is just one sixth of the European benchmark.
February 22, 2012
Telecoms
Görkhan Bozkurt, CEO, Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom is the incumbent fixed-line operator in Turkey, and is using its strong market share to deliver ‘convergence’: packages of complementary communication services with value-added benefits. Görkhan Bozkurt discusses the significance of this strategy for retail and corporate growth, and the investments already yielding rewards for the company.
January 25, 2012