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Presentation Kit October 2014 Turkish Policy Quarterly Presentation Kit October 2014 PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 Table of Contents What is TPQ? ......................................................................................................... 3 TPQ’s Board of Advisors .................................................................................... 4 Support TPQ ............................................................................................................. 6 Premium Sponsorship ................................................................................. 7 Print Advertising ............................................................................................ 10 Online Advertising ........................................................................................ 13 Sponsor a TPQ Roundtable ...................................................................... 15 Subscriptions ................................................................................................. 19 Contact Info ............................................................................................................ 19 TPQ in the Media ................................................................................................... 20 Appendix I – List of Contributors to TPQ ...................................................... 22 Appendix II – Past Issues of TPQ ..................................................................... 24 Appendix III – TPQ Roundtables ....................................................................... 26 www.turkishpolicy.com 2 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 What is TPQ? Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) is an Istanbul-based journal aiming to foster original thinking and constructive policy debates on Turkey and its neighborhood. The journal has been published on a quarterly basis since 2002. TPQ is independent and non-profit, with a track record of including diverse and inter-disciplinary perspectives and encouraging critical opinions on every topic it covers. Subscriber Profile 14% 14% 47% 25% of total of total of total of total Individual Institutional Individual Institutional Subscribers Abroad Subscribers Abroad Subscribers in Turkey Subscribers in Turkey TPQ serves as a platform for decision makers to voice their visions for the future. To date, heads of state including the Presidents of Georgia, Cyprus, Estonia, and Turkey as well as the King of Jordan and the Prince of Monaco have contributed to TPQ. We have also featured exclusive articles by ministers from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, Sweden, and Turkey. Print Circulation 3000 Current and past issues of the journal, as well as further information can be found at www.turkishpolicy.com www.turkishpolicy.com 3 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 TPQ’s Board of Advisors Morton Abramowitz Mustafa Aydın Former U.S. Assistant Rector, Kadir Has University Secretary of State, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey Carl Bildt Ahmet C. Bozer Minister of Foreign Affairs and Executive Vice President Former Prime Minister of the and President of Coca-Cola Kingdom of Sweden International Matthew J. Bryza Richard Burt Director of the International Senior Advisor at the Center Centre for Defence Studies in for Strategic and International Talinn, Former U.S. Ambassador Studies, Former U.S. to the Republic of Azerbaijan Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Hikmet Çetin Kemal Derviş Former NATO Senior Civilian Vice President and Director Representative in Afghanistan, of the Global Economy and Former Minister of Foreign Development Program at the Affairs of the Republic Brookings Institution, Former of Turkey Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Former Head of the United Nations Development Program Üstün Ergüder Jeffrey Gedmin Emeritus Professor at CEO of the Legatum Institute, Sabancı University, Chairman Former President of Radio Free of the Board of the Third Europe, Former Director of the Sector Foundation of Turkey Aspen Institute in Berlin (TUSEV), Former Rector of Boğaziçi University www.turkishpolicy.com 4 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 Emre Gönensay James F. Jeffrey Former Minister of Foreign Philip Solondz Distinguished Affairs of the Republic of Visiting Fellow at The Washington Turkey Institute. Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey Fred Kempe Şule Kut President and Chief Executive Rector of Okan University Officer of the Atlantic Council Ian Lesser Gerard Libaridian Executive Director of the Historian, Former Senior German Marshall Fund’s Advisor to the First President of Transatlantic Center in Brussels Republic of Armenia O. Faruk Loğoğlu Alan Makovsky Vice President of Senior Professional Staff the Republican People’s Member at U.S. Congress, Party (CHP), Former Turkish House Foreign Affairs Ambassador to the Committee United States Philip Mansel İlber Ortaylı Fellow of the Royal Professor at Galatasaray Historical Society University and Bilkent University Soli Özel Mark Parris Lecturer at the Department of Non-Resident Senior Fellow International Relations at Kadir at the Brookings Institution, Has University Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey Alexander Rondeli İlter Turan President of the Georgian Professor at Istanbul Bilgi Foundation for Strategic and University, Former Rector of International Studies Istanbul Bilgi University www.turkishpolicy.com 5 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 Five ways to support TPQ Support intellectual discussion and advancement in Turkey and its neighborhood PREMIUM SPONSORSHIP Premium Sponsorship oers a full-year package with numerous benefits PRINT ADVERTISING Full-page advertisement inside the cover, or within other pages of the journal ONLINE ADVERTISING There are dierent versions of advertisement banners on our website SPONSOR A TPQ ROUNDTABLE Be present at TPQ events SUBSCRIPTIONS Bulk subscription orders are available at a special rate www.turkishpolicy.com 6 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 Premium Sponsorship Cost for Premium Sponsorship: $12.000 + VAT Premium Sponsorship offers a full-year package with numerous benefits: You will become the premium corporate sponsor of a designated TPQ issue 1 and receive a full-page advertisement on the inside of the front cover. 2 Your company’s name and logo will appear on page 5. www.turkishpolicy.com 7 TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY PRESENTATION KIT OCTOBER 2014 3 100 copies of that TPQ issue will be delivered to your company. 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