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A nation of women

02/02/2012

"Anadolu" (Anatolia) may very well be the "land of mothers," but as Turkey finds its place as a global leader, it needs to become a nation of women. According to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap report released this week, it has a long way to go. Read more.

Raising girl power on Twitter

01/24/2012

On Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls with the hashtag #gendergap. Read more.

Social Entrepreneurship on the Rise in Turkey

01/17/2012

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise worldwide, especially Turkey. Ashoka Türkiye's Zeynep Meydanoglu and Matthias Scheffelmeier share insights about what's going on in Anatolia in this blog post.

301,927 has been raised to-date through Van Earthquake Relief Fund

01/10/2012

As long as individuals, corporations and foundations show interest in supporting the longer term recovery and reconstruction process in Van, Turkish Philanthropy Funds will keep the Van Earthquake Relief Fund open for contributions. Read more.

Nicholas C. Porcaro

Nicholas C. Porcaro, a licensed Architect in Massachusetts and New York, with a Masters of Science Degree in Management and a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship has over 35 years of Professional Architectural Design, Project Development and Construction Management experience both domestic and international.  With reputable large companies such as Stone & Webster, Northrop, and EMCOR (JWP), Mr. Porcaro has successfully expanded engineering construction operating subsidiaries as well as formed and operated new Joint Venture Companies in the Mechanical, Electrical, and General Contracting field.  He has had General Manager, operational and commercial responsibilities over these companies with annual turnovers in excess of $60 million.

As one of the principal partners since 1995 of SMC Holding LLC and SMC Management Corporation, a Real Estate Development and Management Firm based in Boston with a branch office in Manchester, New Hampshire, Mr. Porcaro has acquired, permitted, developed and managed properties predominantly in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.  He has been responsible for and is knowledgeable on all aspects of construction contracting & permitting, cost estimating, value engineering, design and the renovation and construction process necessary for adding value to real property investments.  He was one of the original partners in the 370,000 sq.ft. Hesser Center for Commerce and Education in Manchester, NH, which was started in 1989 and completed in 2000.

Nick Porcaro is founder and President of ANSA, Inc., a Boston based architectural planning and consulting firm.  This firm specializes in the creation and start up of new engineering and construction services companies primarily in the international arena.  Domestically, the firm provides design, planning and construction management services to the real estate industry.  Nick managed all aspects of the design and construction of an award winning $16.4 million total rehabilitation of a commercial/industrial complex in Manchester, New Hampshire and the construction and development of seven (7) new apartment rental complexes totaling 877 units in the region.