The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (Turkish: Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı, TESEV), based in Istanbul, is Turkey's leading think tank.[1][2] Its core program areas are democratization, good governance, and foreign policy.[3]
It was founded in 1961 as the Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Konferans Heyeti by the pharmaceutical entrepreneur Nejat Eczacıbaşı.[4]
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The following members were elected in February 2006:[5]
TESEV has a budget of around $2 million per year, of which $400,000 is covered by the Soros Foundation, and the rest by domestic sources.[6]
TESEV has also received numerous grants from the World Bank, Freedom House, the European Institute, and the United Nations Development Programme.[7] The National Endowment for Democracy awarded TESEV $100,485 in 2004,[8] and $50,000 in 2006.[9]