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The largest independent consulting and engineering firm in Turkey, Yuksel Proje is the only local partner of Avrasya JV, which is supervising Istanbul’s Marmaray project that is creating the first transcontinental subway and railway system in the world under the Bosphorous Strait. Cemal Karaoglu, Vice-Chairman of Yuksel Proje, discusses the company’s expansion and its local and international projects, as well as Turkey’s insatiable need for affordable housing

Interstate CEO Robert Dickerman has recently reaffirmed that the company is ready to assume operations of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (Enugu DISCO). The power expert will lead the multinational and multi-disciplinary Interstate team, which is poised and ready, to leverage the capabilities of Enugu DISCO to improve energy delivery and customer service, in furtherance of the President’s transformation agenda

Arturo Gutierrez de Piñeres, General Director of Gases de Occidente, speaks with United World about the many ways in which natural gas has changed for the better the lifestyle of hundreds of thousands of Colombians, especially among the poorer segments

According to Celso Correia, President of one of Mozambique’s largest conglomerates, Insitec: “The financial system must be a pillar of the economic system in order to promote economic development and generate work for the citizens of Mozambique.” Here, he talks to Upper Reach about the country’s financial sector and potential for hydropower, as well as its socioeconomic development and achievements that are restoring pride in the nation.

At the helm of one of Turkey’s most relied-on conglomerates, Ali Agaoglu, Chairman of the Agaoglu Group, speaks to World Report about the development of Istanbul as a major financial centre and how his company – which is “one of the strongest groups in the world in terms of our technical team and technical know-how” – is reshaping the nation’s skylines with high quality, secure and accessibly priced living spaces.

For more than 40 years the OIC has been the collective voice of 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide. Its 57 member states across four continents strive to remove misconceptions about the faith and highlight the community’s devotion to harmony and stronger international bonds

The year 2005 marked the moment when the OIC practically witnessed a paradigm shift as well as a conceptual change from its previous position, towards having a comp lete overhaul for addressing effectively the real aspirations of the Muslim world

Through economic cooperation and the OIC’s many great initiatives, the Islamic world has been aspiring to regain its lost stature and striving to catch up with the progress achieved by the international community through solving its contemporary problems in all walks of life

Eminent Turkish academic and diplomat, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, became the OIC’s first democratically elected Secretary General in 2005, and has been instrumental in its mission for development, peace and understanding

With many of the world’s conflict areas shackling Muslim countries, the OIC has intensified its efforts for peaceful resolution