Turkish Industrial and Business Association

If Turkey?s economy turns in on itself, employment in the country will decrease, according to former head of the Turkish Industrial and Business Association (TÜS?AD) and Boyner Holding board member Ümit Boyner.

Racist, Islamophobic and extremist views in Europe would diminish if the European Union is able to overcome its economic problems, Turkey's EU Minister Volkan Bozkır said on Dec. 25.

Brussels is Turkey’s second capital, but the country suffers a "perception problem" there, the chairman of the Turkish Industrial and Business Association (TÜSİAD) has said, after his two-day visit with other TÜSİAD representatives to the European capital.

Turkey’s leading business club has expressed “disappointment” over the current phase of the government-led Kurdish peace process, which it said it regarded as “a sine qua non for carrying out development and democratization” in the country.

Turkey’s leading business club has drawn attention to the urgent need to write a brand-new civilian Constitution and make significant reforms in the judicial system. The group has also regretted the absence of fair representation in Parliament, which it says is vital for preserving stability in the country.

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), met with Turkish President Abdullah Gül July 3 as part of his campaign bid, telling reporters that it was a positive meeting.

The newly elected head of Turkey’s largest business group has paid courtesy visits to Cabinet members and the opposition party leaders in Ankara, calling on the next president of the country to take “constructive steps to eliminate growing polarization in society.”