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With the participation of the Turk CinisDer and Pingshan City Delegations , meetings were held in Istanbul on November 6–7 with manufacturing companies and relevant stakeholder institutions operating in the fields of biomedical, electric vehicles, electronics, and next-generation technologies. Trust Life Labs - 6th November 2025 TrustLife Labs , which conducts research in the field of biomedical technologies, was visited to obtain detailed information about its ongoing proj

ÇİNİŞDER and The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) meeting on 26th September to discuss Türkiye-China Relations.

Istanbul, Türkiye – August 8, 2025 – The World Association of Political Economy (WAPE) concluded its 18th Annual Forum at Yeditepe University, bringing together 70 political economists from 16 countries to discuss the concept of “multipolarity” and its related global economic and political transformations. Over three days, sessions explored artificial intelligence, ecology, the digital Silk Road, socialist modernization in China, regional alliances, and the multipolar world o

The 18th Annual Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE),Turkey ​ 18th Annual Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) TURKIYE Theme: “Multipolarity in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities in Political Economy” Dates: August 6-8, 2025  Location: Yeditepe University Kayışdağı Campus, Istanbul, Turkiye The World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) is pleased to announce its annual meeting, themed “Multipolarity in the 21st Ce

The inauguration of the China–Türkiye Trade Development Center took place on February 21, 2025, with the participation of H.E. Mr. Mahmut Gürcan, Deputy Minister of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye, H.E. Mr. İsmail Hakkı Musa, Ambassador of Türkiye to China, as well as representatives from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Urumqi local government. Following the inauguration, the exhibition area showcasing Turkish products was also visited.

On July 20, Adnan Akfırat, President of the Turkey-China Business Development and Friendship Association (Türk-Çin İş Der), attended the opening ceremony of the first “Eurasian Imported Products Sales and Distribution Center” in China’s Horgos Free Economic Zone. Invited by the Horgos Municipal Government, Akfırat was the only international guest speaker at the event. He delivered his remarks following Ms. Liu Chiyan, Head of the Horgos Local Government. ​ Eurasian Imported P

I attended the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Parties Summit on Tuesday, July 6, in the magnificent Fanghua Yuan Hall at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Along with all the ambassadors and representatives of international organizations stationed in Beijing, about 300 of us watched the Summit on a giant screen. I was invited to the event by the China Center for International Economic Exchanges—under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China—in my capacity as

Adnan Akfırat, President of the Turkey-China Business Development and Friendship Association, has been elected Vice President of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) during its 16th Forum held in Fuzhou, China. ​ WAPE is an international academic organization registered in Paris, established by leading Marxist economists and scientific socialist research groups from various parts of the world. Its mission is to apply modern Marxist economics to identify the deve