Editor’s note: This commentary was published first in Spanish in “Reforma” newspaper and was made available to Global Atlanta in English by the Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta. It was written by Julián Ventura Valero, deputy secretary of foreign affairs, who can be followed on Twitter at @JulianVenturaV. Mexico is convinced of the irreplaceable value of Read more
Turkey
Bullish on Atlanta, Turkish Airlines Opens New Buckhead Sales and Operations Office
Turkish Airlines opened a new sales and operations office in Buckhead Thursday as part of a broader plan to provide more hands-on service in the Atlanta market, where it flies five days per week from Istanbul. “As the latest destination of Turkish Airlines in the U.S., one of our major goals is to increase our Read more
Expert: Turkey Fast Becoming ‘Elected Autocracy’ Under Erdogan
Turkey was once held up in the West as a model of how a predominately Muslim country could thrive as a secular democracy. With the consolidation of power by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in recent years, that illusions is gone. And that’s complicating the way the U.S. deals with its NATO ally at a tumultuous time Read more
Books 2017: Justice as a Bellwether of Human Well-Being
Book title : Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? Author : Michael J. Sandel Review by: Ahmet Bozer, former executive vice president of the Coca-Cola Co. and president of Coca-Cola International Since the 2007-08 financial crisis, I have been thinking that we are in transition from one human era to another. Events throughout 2017 Read more
Invest in Turkey Aims to Bridge ‘Perception Gap’ in U.S.
Leaders from Turkey’s foreign investment agency stopped in Atlanta on a three-city tour looking to bridge what they view as a “perception gap” in the way U.S. companies view their country. Turkey hasn’t had it easy of late. Earlier this decade, the nation of nearly 80 million people was on its way to becoming an Read more
Former Coke Executive VP Now Heads the American Turkish Friendship Council
Ahmet Bozer , who spent 25 years at the Coca-Cola Co. and retired as the company’s executive vice president last year, has assumed the presidency of the non-profit American Turkish Friendship Council in Atlanta. Founded in 2005 to promote and expand relationships and mutual understanding through educational, business and humanitarian programs between the U.S. and Read more
Turkish Airport Officials Seek to Follow in ATL’s Footsteps
Many have aspired, but only one airport has reached that elusive distinction of counting its passengers with nine digits. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sits as the exclusive member of what can’t yet be considered a club: those airports in the world that have topped the 100 million passenger mark. Atlanta actually reached 104 million last year, an increase Read more
Expert at Emory Lecture: How Turkey’s Soft-Power Push Flopped
As Turkey’s economy boomed in the early 2000s, it gradually sought to reassert itself as a regional power in the Middle East. A decade and a half later, though, a roundabout journey full of dramatic twists and turns has left it in basically the same position — isolated from the Middle Eastern partners with whom it pursued stronger Read more
Professional Development Program in Istanbul Moves Ahead Despite Coup Attempt
Even after a turbulent weekend in Turkey that included a failed coup attempt and the resulting arrest of thousands of troops and judges, a professional development program started by Atlantans near Istanbul went forward basically as if the uprising hadn’t occurred.
FAA: Turkey Flights Back On
The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a ban on flights in and out of Turkey imposed in the aftermath of a coup attempt that saw security checkpoints at the Istanbul airport overrun by protesters.
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