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THE TURKISH pharmaceutical industry is aiming to undergo a fundamental shift over the coming years as it attempts to move from being a producer largely of generics to become an important global centre for the production of original medicines.
Its government has said that it wants Turkey to become one of the world’s top 10 economies in health services by 2023 – the centenary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic – and to become the Eurasian production base for medium- and high-level technology products.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) police agency Europol and the USA’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have successfully combined efforts to break a counterfeit cancer drug ring based in Turkey. Two Turkish nationals from Istanbul have now been charged with smuggling fake prescription medicine from Turkey and other countries into the United States.…

IRAN and Turkey are regional giants within the Middle East oilseeds sector, and while their industries have been performing the threat of political instability and unstable energy subsidies threaten their profits.

According to Bill Baker, foreign agricultural service analyst at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Turkey and Iran constitute the two “major producers of oilseed crops in the Middle East.”…

TURKEY’S paints and coatings industry has set itself the target of becoming the third largest paints and coatings sector in Europe by 2023 as it seeks to become a key regional hub within the international industry as a whole.

According to data from Turkey’s Association of Paint Industry (Boya Sanayicileri Dernegi – BOSAD), the size of the Turkish paints and coatings market reached 840,000 tonnes in 2012, with a value of USD2 billion.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released official guidance on how to protect the environment when ‘fracking’ for shale gas. It has given European Union (EU) member states 18 months to follow its suggestions, saying it will “review the effectiveness” of this voluntary approach after this deadline.…

A NEW World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement cracking down on trade-based red tape, inappropriate fees and bad practice could have a significant and beneficial impact on the plastics industry if implemented in full, say experts. WTO officials may warn that it could take between three and five years for member countries to ratify this agreement on trade facilitation, but they argue changes should be worth the wait.…

Turkey’s knitting industry performed strongly in 2013 and its senior figures are optimistic about further growth in the coming year. According to data from the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA), exports of knitted apparel from Turkey grew by around 10% in 2013, reaching USD8.49 billion in the first 11 months of the year.…

THE WORLD’S tobacco trade is not always a straightforward affair, being held up by export and import licence applications, port dues, quality checks, corruption and unusual red tape. A new World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation, struck last December, is designed to ease some of these difficulties.…

The Turkish textile and clothing industry is looking to boost the number and quality of trained professionals entering the sector as it seeks to establish Turkey as a key centre for the production of high-quality, design-led textile and apparel.

Mustafa Balkuv, chairman of the Turkish Knitwear Industrialists Association (TRISAD), told WTiN.com…

Law enforcement and the judiciary are under threat in Turkey amid political wrangling and corruption probes. Thousands of police officers have been reassigned, the deputy of a financial crime unit has been dismissed, and the independence of the judiciary has been brought into question.…