High Advisory Council

Turkey will be able to increase its per capita national income to $30,000 - more than three times its current level - in 20 years if necessary steps are taken in human development, science and technology, and institutions, a prominent Turkish business leader said on Oct. 19. 

The state of emergency that was declared in Turkey in the aftermath of the failed July 2016 coup is no hurdle for business, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said May 18 amid concerns from top business figures.

New board members of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) met Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on March 3. 

The state of emergency declared after the July 15 coup attempt should be lifted immediately, said Cansen Başaran-Symes, the chair of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), also criticizing discussions on reinstating capital punishment as "worrying." 

Turkey's top business organization has underlined the overriding need for social peace, calling on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to abandon arms amid a return to peace talks.

Turkey's top business organization has called for the maintenance of election security and reforms to ensure a more developed democracy just ahead of another election on Nov. 1 amid political uncertainties, market fluctuations and escalating security risks. 

Turkey?s top business organization has warned about the risks that political uncertainties, market fluctuations and security risks pose to Turkey?s economic gains, urging politicians to refocus on democratization and economic reform during a meeting in Istanbul on Sept. 17.