U . S . BUSINESS

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 20 called on businesspeople in the United States to believe in Turkey's potential and make investments in the country.

Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAİK) chair Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ has hailed "the mutual understanding for common interests" expressed by the Turkish and U.S. presidents in their meeting in Brussels on June 14.

A group of Turkish and American businesses has sent a joint letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, ahead of the two's meeting on June 14.

Arsenal's German midfielder of Turkish origin, Mesut Özil, has agreed to a move to Istanbul club Fenerbahçe, Turkish media reported on Jan. 6.

Özil will sign a three-and-half-year contract with the Turkish Süper Lig club, but Arsenal will pay his wage for the rest of the 2020-2021 season, Demirören News Agency reported.

The Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAİK) has penned a letter to the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden proposing a commission to strengthen relations and solve the problems between the two countries on Dec. 17.

Signed by TAİK Chairman Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ, the letter congratulated Biden for his victory in the U.S. presidential election.

As U.S.- China commercial wars have been flared by the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAİK) has stepped up efforts to remind American decision-makers of Turkey's reliability as a trade partner.