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DEİK Monthly
06
DAILY SABAH
OCTOBER 10,2016MONDAY
DEİK’s visit
to Pakistani
Presidentand
PrimeMinister
DEİK’s Urgent
ActionPlan in the
aftermathof the
failedcoupattempt
DEİK’S PRESIDENT
Ömer Cihad
Vardan, President on DEİK/Turkey-
Pakistan Business Council Atilla D. Yer-
likaya and theMembers of the Business
Council held a series of meeting in the
Pakistani capital and the city of Lahore on
Sept.1-2,2016.
During the 2-days visit,DEİK’sVardan
met with Pakistani President Mamnoon
Hussain, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,
FinanceMinister IshaqDar and Pakistan’s
PunjabChiefMinisterShehbazSharif.The
Delegation also attended thePakistan-Tur-
key BusinessDialoguemeeting organized
in cooperationwith thePakistaniBoardof
Investment and Trade (PBIT) and DEİK/
Turkey-Pakistan Business Council in the
city ofLahore.AMemorandum ofUnder-
standing (MoU) was also signed between
parties to boost bilateral investment and
trade relations.
On the meeting with Pakistani Presi-
dentHussain on Sept. 2,DEİKDelegation
emphasized the importance of Turkish-
Pakistani relations.DEİK’sVardan thanked
toPresidentHussain for the country’s sup-
port following the failed coup attempt and
said:“Pakistanwasoneof the firstcountries
condemning the coup attempt and show
unity with the people in Turkey. Bilateral
ties and strategic partnership dating back
tomore than600years requires suchauni-
ty.Pakistanwasalso the firstcountry send-
ing a ParliamentaryDelegation toAnkara
after the attempt.Pakistan is an important
country toTurkey and ithasproved so.As
DEİK,wewant to increase the volume of
trade between our nations in the future.
For that,weneed tosetstrategic targetsand
increaseourbusiness cooperation.”
ONTHE POST-COUP
attempt pe-
riod,DEİKhas announced a self-ini-
tiated ‘mobilization’ on itswhole capacity.
AllDEİK’s bodies, including the Board of
Directors, theBoardofExecutives and133
BusinessCouncils operatingunderDEİK’s
umbrellahave started towork in full coor-
dination and cooperation toovercome any
possible challenges.
On July 22, allDEİK’s BusinessCoun-
cils have gathered for an urgent consulta-
tionmeeting withmore than 150 recom-
mendations produced by 120 Presidents
ofDEİK’s BusinessCouncils, in a 3-hours
long meeting. Those recommendations
have been consolidated, prioritized and
scheduled accordingly and been presented
toDEİK’sBoardofExecutives forapproval.
Following DEİK’s short-term Urgent Ac-
tion Plan has been published, comprising
11-steps tobe takenbyDEİK and itsBusi-
nessCouncils.
The Plan prioritizes flow of informa-
tion to counter misleading information.
A specialCommunicationCommittee has
been established in order to coordinate all
theworks undertaken byDEİK. The Plan
also includes regular contactswithTurkish
Ministries, especially on Economy, For-
eignAffairs and theEUAffairs.DEİK also
asked to all its BusinessCouncils to travel
to countries of responsibility and to tell
the truth behind the failed coup attempt.
“Business as usual” isDEİK’smotto to be
used during its contacts abroad.The insti-
tutionaims toholdcontactswithpublicau-
thorities, business circles, think-tanks and
mediaoutletson thosevisits.
Visits to foreignEmbassiesandConsul-
ates inAnkara and İstanbul are alsopartof
DEİK’sUrgentActionPlan.DEİKwillhold
regular contacts with foreign representa-
tives inTurkey in order to inform andup-
date them on developments following the
coupattempt inTurkey.DEİKalsoplans to
actively useDTİK,DEİK’sWorld Turkish
Business Council and will ask its repre-
sentatives to engage with public authori-
ties andbusiness representativeswhere the
Turkish diaspora is well-established. Last
butnot least,DEİKalsoplans tohold regu-
lar networking events all around Turkey
with the participation of foreign investors
and foreign business community based in
the country.
The 8th of Turkey Investment Con-
ference was held on Sept. 21, in New
York City in cooperation withDEİK,DEİK/
TAİKandCitibank.TurkishMinisterofEcon-
omyNihatZeybekci,TurkishMinister of En-
ergy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak,
DEİK’sPresidentÖmerCihadVardan,DEİK/
TAİK’s President Ekim Alptekin and Serra
Akçaoğlu,CEO atCitibankTurkeyparticipat-
ed the Conference alongwithAmerican and
Turkishbusiness representatives.
In his opening remarks at the Confer-
ence, TurkishMinister of Economy Zeybekci
said: “Turkish economy isnow at such a stage
that it can be called amiracle after the coup
attempt”. Minister Zeybekci also mentioned
thatalthoughmassivesetbackswerepredicted,
the financial and banking system proved re-
silient on the first business day after the July
15 overthrow attempt. The Turkish economy
has reached an average annual growth rate of
above5percentsince the2008global financial,
saidMinisterZeybekci,and the country’sgov-
ernmentdebtratio tonational income isbetter
than25countriesof the28-EUMemberStates,
headded.
“Weareoneof thehighestamountofnatu-
ral gas consuming countries in theworldwith
more than 50billion cubicmeters a year” said
TurkishMinister of Energy and Natural Re-
sources Berat Albayrak at the Conference.
Minister Albayrak also highlighted that Tur-
key has to create some alternatives, like addi-
tionalpipelines.EnergyandNaturalResources
Minister also stressed toTurkey’s strategicpo-
sition in the regionwith itsneighborsholding
richoilandgas reserves.
“Wearenothappywith thevolumeof trade
betweenTurkeyand theUS”DEİK’sPresident
Vardan said athisopening speech. “Wehave a
lot tooffer.Turkey isopen forbusinessandwill
support global growthwithpatience,”he add-
ed.PresidentVardan also stressed,Turkeyhas
continued to grow, invest and receive foreign
direct investment despite the 2008 financial
crisis.EkimAlptekin,DEİK/TAİK’sPresident
also emphasized that the Turkish economy
showed resilience against the 2008 financial
crisis.He also highlighted the extreme resil-
ience in the volatile environment as the result
ofgoodeconomicpolicies inTurkey.President
Alptekin called for more bilateral trade and
saidmore could be done to strengthen eco-
nomic timesbetween twonations.
The 8th Turkey Investment Conference held in New York
The8thTurkey InvestmentConferencewasheld inNewYork
withEconomyMinisterZeybekciandEnergyMinisterAlbayrak.
ADVERTORIAL
INCHARGEOF
Turkey’s foreign
economic relations since 1986,
DEİKhas started a self-initiated ‘mobi-
lization’ following the coup attempt in
Turkey. In fullcooperationwithTurkish
Ministry of Economy,DEİK’s Business
Councils have started to hold contacts
with their counterparts following the
coup attempt. So far 45 countries have
beenvisitedandDEİKaims tocomplete
all 126 countries in which it holds a
BusinessCouncil.The countries visited
sincemid-July this year are the follow-
ings:
theUnitedStates,Albania,Azer-
baijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bosnia,Her-
zegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Djibouti,
Denmark, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Ecuador, Indonesia, Estonia,
Morocco, Georgia, Croatia, Nether-
lands, Britain, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lith-
uania,Luxembourg,Hungary,Malay-
sia,Mexico,Mauritius,Mozambique,
Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan,
Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uganda,
JordanandVietnam
.The international
visits will continue until all 126 coun-
trieson the listarecompleted.
The visits are organized with the
framework of DEİK’s Urgent Action
Plan declared on July 26, 2016. The
main objective of theAction Plan is to
counter ongoing disinformation and
the intentional spreadof false and inac-
curate information on what happened
andwhat’shappening inTurkey.DEİK’s
specially established Communication
Committee coordinates theworks con-
ducted by DEİK’s Business Councils.
The Committee also set to organize
special visit to European capitals to
hold contactsmainly with counterpart
organizations, business representatives,
think-tanks, academia and localmedia
representatives.DEİKalsocontinueson
its working programme of 2016, plan-
ning ahead important programs that
will increaseTurkey’s investmentpoten-
tial and foreign tradeparticularly in the
US, Africa, Euroasia,Middle East and
Europe.
DEİK says ‘businessasusual’
“THE TURKISH
business world has al-
ways been one of themost important sup-
porters of Turkey’s EU membership process,
especially during theCustomsUnion process in
1996andofficialstartof themembershipnegotia-
tions back in 2004.Last yearwehave left behind
10 years on accession talks and the process con-
tinues at a relatively slow pace and not reached
on a desired level. Turkish citizens and business
people are still not able to enjoy visa-free travel
to EUMember States and some issues awaiting
immediate solutions such as thepotentialupdate
onTurkey-EUCustomsUnion,Turkey’s integra-
tion to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) talks,deepeningof economic
relationsand recently the refugee crisis”.
DEİK
through
its 37 Business Councils
stretched over Europe closelymonitors Turkey’s
relationswith theEUand the issues related to the
accession process from a business perspective.
DEİK’s PresidentVardan says, the EU is an im-
portanteconomicpartner toTurkeyasmore than
halfof its foreign trade isdonewith theEuropean
countries.
During a three-day long visit to the EU’s po-
litical enterBrussels on Sept. 26-28,DEİK’sDel-
egation contacted to 20 different persons and
institutions. The Delegation was led by DEİK
PresidentVardan, accompaniedbyDEİK’sCom-
municationCommitteeMembersEbruÖzdemir,
Murat Özyeğin, Özlem Gökçe, Hatice Karahan
and YASED’s Secretary General Özlem Özyiğit.
Theexchangeofviewshas focusedon the stateof
playof theTurkish economy after the failed coup
attempt, the political situation aswell as theway
forward.
DEİK’s Delegation hold meetings with se-
nior officials of the European Commission and
the European External Action Services (EEAS).
The groupmetwithMEPsKatiPiri,Parliament’s
TurkeyRapporteuronTurkey aswell asMarietje
Schaake. Two separate roundtable discussions
have been organized, one with Bruegel, one of
world’s leading economic think-tank; the other
at the European Parliament in cooperationwith
‘FriendsofTurkeyGroup in theEuropeanParlia-
ment’. The Delegation also came together with
DidierReynders,BelgianDeputyPrimeMinister
andMinister of Foreign Affairs, as well as with
representativesofBelgianbusiness circles.
DEİK’s Communication Committee Chair
Özdemir: “It is important to establish sustainable
communicationwithEurope”
Chair at DEİK’s Communication Commit-
tee Ebru Özdemir highlests the importance of
sustainable communication in Europe, espe-
cially following the coup attempt: “themissionof
DEİK’sCommunicationCommittee is to counter
misinformation abroadwith regards to the coup
attempt. TheCommittee has already planned to
run similar visits to European capitals andmeet
with think-tanks and business representatives. I
believe it is really important to establish a long-
lasting and sustainable communicationwith Eu-
rope”.
Murat Özyeğin, Chair at DEİK/Turkey-the
Netherlands Business Council said: “Brussels
seemstobesatisfiedwiththeunitywhichemerged
following the July15 failedcoupattemptand they
want thisatmosphere to continue”.ÖzlemGökçe,
ChairatDEİK/Turkey-BelgiumBusinessCouncil
points to the importance of economic relations
betweenTurkey and theEU: “Obviouslybusiness
communitiesonboth sideask formoreenhanced
economic ties betweenTurkey and theEU.Part-
nerships on third countries show a great poten-
tialon that”.HaticeKarahan,DEİK’sAdvisor and
Member of theCommittee says: “Moody’s deci-
sion todowngradeTurkey’s credit ratingwasone
of themostpopularquestionswehave faceddur-
ing our visit toBrussels.We tried to explain that
to downgrade to a speculative level also contains
speculationwithin itself”.ÖzlemÖzyiğit, Secre-
taryGeneral atYASED adds: “we tried to explain
that the economic reform agenda inTurkey still
viable in order to secure foreign investors’ confi-
dence toTurkey”.
DEİK’s recentworkonEU isnotonly limited
toBrussels visit too.DEİK’sPresident andBoard
Members alsoparticipated to the luncheonorga-
nized inAnkaraby theSlovakEmbassy toTurkey,
holding the EuropeanCouncil Term Presidency
on Sept. 29. The luncheon brough together 27
Ambassadors of EUMember StateswithDEİK’s
Delegation.OnOct.4,DEİKalsohostedCOELA
(theWorking Party on Enlargement and Coun-
triesNegotiatingAccession to theEU) inİstanbul.
Following the lunch,members ofCOELA came
togetherwith representatives ofTurkish business
community (DEİK,MÜSİAD,TİM,TÜSİADand
İKV) anddiscussed recentdevelopmentsonTur-
key-EU relations.ChairatDEİK/Turkey-Slovakia
BusinessCouncil, İsmetGüral, also participated
bothgatherings.
DEİK’s Vardan: We left behind 10 years on Turkey’s EU
accession talks; the process continues at a slow pace
OnDEİK’s
increased
contacts atEU’s
political capital
Brussels,Ömer
CihadVardan,
thePresident
ofDEİK says
the accession
talks arenoton
desired level
TheDEİK teammeetswithBelgianDeputyPrimeMinisterand ForeignAffairsMinisterDidierReynders inBrussels.
he 8
th
of Turkey
In-
vestment
Confer-
ence was held on Sept.
21, in New York City in co-
operation with DEİK, DEİK/
TAİK
and Citibank. Turkish
Minister of EconomyNihat Zey-
bekci,TurkishMinisterofEnergy
andNatural Resources BeratAl-
bayrak, DEİK’s Vardan, DEİK/
TAİK’sAlptekinandCEOatCiti-
bankTurkeySerraAkçaoğlupar-
ticipated the Conference along
withAmericanandTurkishbusi-
ness representatives.
In his opening remarks at the
Conference, Turkish Minister of
EconomyZeybekcisaid:“Turkish
economy is now at such a stage
that it can be called amiracle af-
ter the coup attempt.”
Minister Zeybekci also men-
tioned that althoughmassive set-
backswerepredicted, the financial
and banking system proved resil-
ient on the first business day af-
ter the July 15 overthrow attempt:
“Turkishpeoplebegan toexchange
the foreigncurrency in theirhands.
In a single week after the coup
attempt, $11.5 billion worth cur-
rency was exchanged to Turkish
lira” Turkish Economy Minister
Zeybekci stressed.
“We are one of the highest
amount of natural gas consum-
ing countries in the world with
more than 50 billion cubic me-
ters ayear” saidTurkishMinister
ofEnergy andNaturalResources
Berat Albayrak at the 8
th
Turkey
Investment Conference. Turkish
Minister also stressed that Tur-
key has to create some alterna-
tives, likeadditionalpipelines.
MinisterAlbayrakalsopointed
to Turkey’s strategic position in
the region and its neighbors that
have richoilandgas reserves.
“We are not happy with the
volume of trade between Turkey
and theUS”DEİK’sVardan said
at his opening speech. “We have
a lot to offer. Turkey is open for
business andwill support global
growthwithpatience,”headded.
Vardan also stressed that Turkey
hascontinued togrow, investand
receive foreign direct investment
despite the 2008 financial crisis.
EkimAlptekin,DEİK/TAİK’s
President also emphasized that
theTurkish economy showed re-
silience against the 2008 financial
crisis.
He also stressed that extreme
resilience in a volatile environ-
ment is the result of good eco-
nomicpolicies inTurkey,but said
more could be done to strength-
en economic times between Tur-
key and theU.S.
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MONDAY,October10,2016
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8
th
Turkey Investment
Conference held in NYC
MinisterofEconomyNihatZeybekci (3R),
EnergyMinisterBeratAlbayrak (C),
DEİK’sÖmerCihadVardan (L),
DEİK/TAIK’sEkimAlptekin (2R)and
CitibankTurkeyCEOSerraAkçaoğlu (2L).
DEİKBUSINESS
COUNCILSONTHE
ROAD:45COUNTRIES
HAVEBEEN
VISITEDSOFAR
DEİK’sBusinessCouncils have
started to hold contacts with
their
counterparts
follow-
ing the coup attempt. So far
45 countries have been visited
and DEİK aims to complete all
126 countries inwhich it holds
a Business Council. The coun-
tries visited sincemid-July are
the followings:
Albania,
Azerbaijan
, Bahrain,
Benin
,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Brazil
, Bulgaria,
Croatia
, Dji-
bouti,
DemocraticCongo
,Den-
mark,
Ecuador,
Estonia,
Geor-
gia,
Hungary,
Indonesia,
Ire-
land,
Israel,
Italy,
Jordan,
Ka-
zakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Ma-
laysia,
Mauritius,
Mexico,
Mo-
rocco,
Mozambique,
Pakistan,
Poland,
Romania,
Russia,
Sen-
egal,
Serbia,
Slovenia,
Tajik-
istan,
Thailand,
The Nether-
lands,
The United Kingdom,
The United States,
Turkmeni-
stan,
Uganda,
Vietnam.
President of Turkey-TheUnit-
edStatesofAmericaBusiness
Council (TAİK), EkimAlptekin:
“Wehaveunfortunatelynoticed
that the coup attempt nega-
tivelyaffected tradeand invest-
ment plans of some American
SMEs toTurkey.”
President of Turkey-Azerbai-
jan Business Council, Selçuk
Akat:
““In Azerbaijan, it is be-
lieved
that Turkish people
wrote anew epic story through
embracing
their
democra-
cy and democratically elected
government.”
President
of
Turkey-Bra-
zil Business Council, Mithat
Cansız:
“We tried to explain
the background of the coup at-
tempt with explicit and solid
examples.”
President of Turkey-theUnit-
ed Kingdom Business Coun-
cil, Remzi Gür:
“We have ob-
served that the development
after the coup attempt are in
secondary importance for the
private sector in the UK, as
Brits are more interested in
planning their future invest-
ments toTurkey.”
President of Turkey-Denmark
Business Council, Hasan Alp-
er Önoğlu:
“The Turkish econ-
omy and businesses have got-
ten over this bad shock with
minimum damage, as all the
shops and factorieswere open
and operating when the night
turned intoday.”
PresidentofTurkey-ItalyBusi-
ness Council, Burak Vardan:
“They highlighted
that Tur-
key, as an EU candidate coun-
tryandaNATOMemberonJuly
15, can’t be different from the
oneon July16.”
President of Turkey-Jordan
BusinessCouncil,RuhsarPe-
kcan:
“Jordanianauthoriesex-
pressed their open admiration
toTurkishpeople’sdetermina-
tionandwisdom.”
President
of
Turkey-Turk-
menistan
Business
Coun-
cil, Halil Avcı:
“In our father-
land, there is not any nega-
tive thought and prejudice to
the confidence to Turkey and
Turkish companies operating
in the country.”
President
of
Turkey-Thai-
land Business Council, Refik
Gökçek:
“The questionmarks
whether to visit Turkey or not
are mainly due to the recent
terrorattacks.”
President of Turkey-Mauri-
tius Business Council, Ömer
Hakan Baki:
“Our counter-
parts had difficulties to under-
stand the attempt which was
experienced in a democratic
country.”
President of Turkey-Senegal
BusinessCouncil, İhsanŞahin:
“Senegal appreciates Turkish
people’s fight inesteem.”
President of Turkey-Vietnam
Business Council, Mustafa
Necati Abacıoğlu:
“I believe
our explanations on the coup
attempthave vanished thedis-
information on the coup at-
tempt.”
T
NEWYORK
The 8
th
Turkey
InvestmentConfer-
enceheld in theUnited
States,bringing
Turkish andAmerican
business representa-
tives together.
DEİK intensifies efforts in the EU
after the failed coup attempt
DEİK has intesified its lobbying
activities inBrussels in the after-
math of the failed coup attempt.
A delegation led byDEİK Pres-
ident Vardan, accompanied by
DEİK’s Communication Com-
mitteeMembers Ebru Özdemir,
Murat Özyeğin, Özlem Gökçe,
Hatice Karahan and YASED’s
SecretaryGeneralÖzlemÖzyiğit
visitedEU’spoliticalhearton26-
28 Sept., in order to inform and
have an exchange of viewswith
EU andBelgian officials.The ex-
change of views has focused on
the state of play of the Turkish
economyafter the failed coupat-
tempt, the political situation as
well as theway forward.
DEİK’sDelegationholdmeet-
ingswith senior officials of the
European Commission, the Eu-
ropean Parliament and the Eu-
ropean External Action Servic-
es (EEAS). The groupmetwith
MEPs Kati Piri, Parliament’s
Turkey Rapporteur on Turkey
aswellasMarietjeSchaake.Two
separate roundtablediscussions
have been organized, onewith
Bruegel, one ofworld’s leading
economic think-tank; the oth-
er at the European Parliament
in cooperationwith ‘Friends of
Turkey Group’ in the Europe-
an Parliament. The Delegation
also came together with Did-
ier Reynders, Belgian Deputy
PrimeMinister andMinister of
ForeignAffairs, aswell aswith
representatives of Belgian busi-
ness circles.
On
contacts
in
Brussels
DEİK’sVardan said: “Last year
we leftbehind10
th
yearofacces-
sionnegotiations to theEU.Tur-
key’s accession process to the
EU is in limbo,with only 16 of
the35chaptersof theacquis that
require negotiations have been
opened and just one provision-
ally closed. Unfortunately the
paceof accessionnegotiations is
not satisfying.Our 3-days long
visit to Brusselswasmainly to
discuss the issuesonTurkey-EU
agenda and exchange of views
from a business perspective.
We also had the chance to talk
on the state ofplay of theTurk-
ish economy after the failed
coupattempt.”
BRUSSELS
DEİK’SURGENTACTIONPLAN
PUBLISHEDONJULY24,2016
1)
DEİK has declared a ‘mobili-
zation’ to counter ongoing dis-
information and the intention-
alspreadof falseand inaccurate
information on what happened
andwhat’shappening inTurkey.
2)
A Committee of Communica-
tion has been established with-
inDEİK inorder tocontribute the
ongoing communication activi-
ties inTurkeyandabroad.
3)
DEİK’s President together
withmembers of DEİK’s Board
of Director will be running reg-
ular consultativemeetings with
membersof theTurkishcabinet.
4)
Contacts with ambassadors,
business counsels and part-
ner organizations abroadwill be
speedup.
a.
DEİK’s Business Councils’
Presidents will speed up their
ongoing contacts with their rel-
evant diplomatic missions (on-
going).
b.
DEİK’s President
together
with Members of DEİK’s Board
of Director will be visiting Am-
bassadors of Germany, France,
theUK,Belgium, Italy, Slovakia,
theU.S.,China,JapanandSouth
Korea as soon as possible (al-
readyplanned).
c.
Aworking lunchwill be orga-
nized inAnkaraor İstanbulhost-
ing members of the diplomatic
missions inTurkey.
5)
PresidentsofDEİK’sBusiness
Councils will be visiting their
countries in their respective re-
sponsibility area in the next 3
months.
6)
In caseneed relevantauthori-
tiesabroadwillbe invited toTur-
key individually and by groups in
order togive them to experience
the reality in the country.
7)
DEİK’s President together
withmembersofDEİK’sBoardof
Directorwillbe visitingEUcoun-
tries and theU.S., in order com-
municate face-to-face the reali-
tiesofTurkeywith theircounter-
partorganizations,opinion lead-
ersandmediamembers.
8)
DEİK will hold multiple
networking events bringing to-
gether the expat community in
Turkey.
9)
G20China andB20Chinawill
be used as key platforms and
DEİK’s representatives on these
platforms will be asked to take
proactive role.
10)
Turkish
diaspora
living
abroad will be aroused through
the World Turkish Business
Council (DTİK).
11)
In order to ensure accurate
and regular information flow to
foreignmedia outlets, an e-bul-
letin will be prepared onmulti-
ple languages and will be send
to relevant representativeswhile
socialmedia will be usedmore
effectively.
ADVERTORIAL
DEİKDECLARESMOBILIZATION
DEİK,Turkey’sauthorized
institution in running foreign
tradeand investment ties,has
undertakenakey role in the
country’s communications
activitiesabroad in thewake
of the failed July15 coup
attempt,andhasannounceda
mobilizationmovement.
ACommitteeof
Communication,whichwas
established in the framework
of theUrgentActionPlan
in thewakeof the coup
attempt,pledged to fight
against various falseand
manipulativenewsaswellas
misinformationabroad.The
BusinessCouncilshavemade
considerable contributions
to the communication
mobilization.AllPresidentsof
BusinessCouncilsaredecided
togo to the countriesunder
their responsibilityand tobuild
face-to-face contactswithkey
stakeholders.
Theorganizationwillkeep
working toboostTurkey’s
investmentsand foreign trade
tiesand transmittingTurkey’s
realitiesacross theworld.
ThekeymessageofDEİK
isquite clear: “Business
continuesasusualand it
has to”.
DEİK’s visit to Pakistani President and PM
DEİK’s President Ömer Cihad
Vardan, President of DEİK/
Turkey-Pakistan
Business
Council Atilla D. Yerlikaya
and theMembers of the Busi-
ness Council held a series of
meeting in thePakistani capital
and the city of Lahore on Sept.
1-2,2016.
During
the
2-days visit,
DEİK’s Vardanmetwith Paki-
staniPresidentMamnoonHus-
sain, Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq
Dar
and Pakistan’s Punjab
ChiefMinister Shehbaz Sharif.
The Delegation also attended
the Pakistan-Turkey Business
Dialoguemeeting organized in
cooperationwith the Pakistani
Board of Investment andTrade
(PBIT) and DEİK/Turkey-Pa-
kistan Business Council in the
cityofLahore.AMemorandum
of Understanding (MoU) was
also signed between parties to
boost bilateral investment and
trade relations.
On the meeting with Paki-
staniPresidentHussainonSept.
2,DEİKDelegationemphasized
the importance of Turkish-Pa-
kistani relations. DEİK’s Var-
dan thanked to PresidentHus-
sain for the country’s support
following the failed coup at-
tempt and said: “Pakistanwas
one of the first countries con-
demning the coup attempt and
show unitywith the people in
Turkey. Bilateral ties and stra-
tegic partnership dating back
tomore than 600years requires
such aunity.Pakistanwas also
the first country sending aPar-
liamentaryDelegation toAnka-
ra after the attempt.Pakistan is
an importantcountry toTurkey
and it hasproved so.AsDEİK,
wewant to increase thevolume
of tradebetweenournations in
the future”.
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE
DEİKDelegation together
withDidierReynders,
BelgianMinisterof
ForeignAffairs.
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CUMHURBAŞKANI ERDOĞAN, DEİK’İN 30. OLAĞAN GENEL KURULU'NDA KONUŞTU
“DEİK, 2023 hedeflerine en fazla
sahip çıkan kurumlardan birisi"
DEİK’in 30.OlağanGenelKu-
rulu’ndaaçışkonuşmasını ger-
çekleştirenCumhurbaşkanıRe-
cepTayyipErdoğan,Türkiye’nin
ekonomisine yönelik saldırıla-
rınboşa çıkartılmasıkonusun-
dadevletlebirlikte işdünyasına
çokönemligörevlerdüştüğünü
belirterek, “Bu kritik dönemde
yatırımlarını,projelerini,gayret-
lerini erteleyen herkes benim
nazarımdaekonomimize saldı-
ranlarlaaynısaftadır.Bununaltı-
nıçiziyorum”dedi.
“Milli seferberlik
silahladeğilyatırımlaolur”
Türkiye’yi 1 trilyonABDDoları
dış ticaret,2 trilyonABDDoları
milligelirvedünyanınenbüyük
10ekonomisindenbirihalinege-
tirmehedefineancakhepbirlikte
çalışarakulaşabileceklerinikay-
dedenCumhurbaşkanıErdoğan,
2023hedeflerineensamimivesı-
kısahipçıkankesimlerinbaşında
işadamlarıveözellikledeDEİK
üyeleriningeldiğinisöyledi.Cum-
hurbaşkanıErdoğan,konuşması-
nı şöyle sürdürdü: “Türkiye’nin
ekonomisineyönelik saldırıların
boşaçıkartılmasıkonusundadev-
letlebirliktesizleredeçokönemli
görevlerdüşüyor.Hükümetimiz,
işdünyamızaesnaf, sanatkarla-
rımızavergivesicilaffındankre-
dikolaylığınakadarpekçok ila-
vedestekverdivevermeyedede-
vamedecek.Bununkarşılığında
işdünyamızdan tekbeklentimiz,
ekonomininçarklarınıhızlandır-
ması,piyasayıhareketlendirme-
sidir.Çünkü yaşanan sıkıntının
enönemli sebebiherkesinbekle-
medurumunageçmesidirBuba-
kımdan ‘milli seferberlik’ diyo-
rum.Benim ‘milliseferberlik’de-
diğim ‘elinesilahınıal,sokağaçık’
bu değil. “Milli seferberlik işte
budur.”
“Buoyunlarıbizbozacağız”
Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan,ülkesinivemilletinisa-
vunmak içinenkıymetlivarlığı-
nı,canınıortayakoyanyiğitlerin,
aynıamaç için sermayesinikul-
lanmasıgerekenlereörnekve ib-
ret olması gerektiğini vurgula-
dı.Ekonomiyedövizüzerinden
bir saldırıbaşlayıncamilleteve
işadamlarınaTürk lirasınageç-
meçağrısıyaptığınadikkatiçe-
kenErdoğan,“Bazılarınınbenim
buçağrılarımı istihza ilekarşıla-
dığınıbiliyorum.Halbukiortada
1994krizindenberiyaşadığımız
birhakikatvar.Birileridövizspe-
külasyonuylaekonomimizeyön
vermeyeçalışıyor.Bu spekülas-
yonungerisindehiçbir rasyonel
ekonomik sebep yoktur.Amaç,
siyasioperasyonlarazeminha-
zırlamaktıramabuoyunlarıbiz
bozacağız.Bunubozmak içinde
inşallahyerliparayageçmek su-
retiylebuadımlarıatacakvekur
baskısını inşallahbu ihracatta,
ithalattaüzerimizden silkeleyip
atacağız”dedi.
“Kamubankaları
dahil faizindüşmesi lazım”
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, son
günlerde kurda yaşanan dal-
galanmaya karşı tıpkı 15Tem-
muz’damilletinyaptığıvedaha
önceki saldırılardaaldıkları ted-
birlergibikararlıvesabırlıbirdu-
ruş ortaya koymakmecburiye-
tindeolduklarınıanlatarak,“İşte
bu sebepleben işadamlarınaya-
tırımyapın ‘Türk lirasınageçin,
üretin, ihraçedin, istihdam sağ-
layındiyorum.Çünkübize zerk
edilmeyeçalışılanzehrinpanze-
hiri bunlardır” dedi.Bu sebep-
le faizindüşürülmesindenbah-
settiğinedikkatiçekenErdoğan,
“Kamu bankaları dahil faizin
düşmesi lazım.Niye?Girişim-
cininönünüaçmamız için faizin
düşmesi lazım.Girişimci yatı-
rımıyapacakki istihdamolsun,
üretimolsun,rekabetolsun.Eğer
girişimcinin rekabetyapmasına
fırsathazırlamazsakbunlarnasıl
olacak?”ifadelerinikullandı.
Moldova ilehedef1milyar$
İş insanlarıAB’yimasayayatırdı
Pakistan ilesektörel işbirliğiartıyor
DEİK tarafındandüzenlenenPakistan-TürkiyeYuvarlak
MasaToplantısı,CumhurbaşkanıRecepTayyipErdoğan
vePakistanBaşbakanıNavazŞerifkatılımları ile 17Ka-
sım2016tarihindeİslamabadkentindegerçekleştirildi.
Çin ileekonomik ilişkilerdeyolharitası
DEİK/Türkiye-Çin İşKonseyiöncülüğündeÇin ileden-
gelibir ilişki için “AsyaYüzyılındaTürkiye-ÇinHalk
CumhuriyetiEkonomik İlişkilerininGeliştirilmesi için
YolHaritası”başlıklıraporhazırlandı.
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DEİK/Türkiye-Moldova İşForumu 16Aralık2016 ta-
rihindeMoldovaBaşbakanYardımcısı veEkonomi
BakanıOctavianCalmic, T.C.EkonomiBakanıNihat
Zeybekci’ninkatılımı ileİstanbul’dagerçekleştirildi.
ABBakanlığı tarafındandüzenlenenTürkiye-ABSivil
ToplumDiyaloğuToplantılarıBrükselveBerlin’deger-
çekleştirildi.
Toplantıda, işdünyasınıtemsilcileriTürki-
ye-AB ilişkilerinimasayayatırdı.
DEİK’in30.OlağanGenelKu-
rulu,24Aralık2016tarihinde
T.C.CumhurbaşkanıRecep
TayyipErdoğanveT.C.Eko-
nomiBakanıNihatZeybek-
ci’ninkatılımları ileDEİKYö-
netimKuruluBaşkanıÖmer
CihadVardan’ın ev sahipli-
ğinde İstanbul’dagerçekleş-
tirildi.
“2017'de ihracatseferberliği
yenidenbaşlayacak”
DEİK'inyenilogosu
tanıtıldı
GenelKuruldelegelerinehitapedenT.C.
EkonomiBakanıNihatZeybekcikonuş-
masında,DEİKolarak2017yılınadairhe-
defleringözdengeçirileceğinibelirtti.
BakanZeybekci,2017yılının ih-
racatseferberliğininyeniden
başlayacağı yıl olacağını
açıkladı.2023 rotasının
tekrar gözden geçirile-
ceğinibelirtenZeybekci,
DEİK’inortayakoyduğu
sinerjiveperformansın
uzun vadede başarılı ça-
lışmalar iledevamedeceği-
nisöyledi.Türkiye’nindıştica-
rethedeflerininbelirlenmesivebu
amçdoğrultusundaeylemegeçilmesinde
enetkinyololandevlet-özelsektörbirlik-
teliğininyeniDEİKyapısıylagerçekleş-
tirildiğiniaktaranZeybekci,Türkiye’nin
öndegelensiviltoplumkuruluşlarınınku-
ruculuğunuyaptıklarıDEİK ileEkonomi
Bakanlığıarasındaki işbirliğininolum-
lu sonuçlarınıalmaktan sonde-
rece memnun olduklarını
kaydetti.Zeybekci,budü-
zenlemeyleortayaçıkan
yenidinamizminsonuç-
larını2016yılında gör-
meyebaşladıklarınıbe-
lirterek: “İnanıyorumki
2017’deçokdahafazlasıy-
lagörmeyedevamedeceğiz”
dedi.EkonomiBakanıZeybek-
ci,DEİK’inözel sektörüyurtdışın-
dagüçlübirşekilde temsilederekTürkiye
ekonomisinin stratejikaktörlerindenbiri
olmayısürdüreceğinibelirtti.
“Dahakapsayıcı
kucaklayıcıolduk”
Genel Kurul’da konuşan DEİK Başkanı
ÖmerCihadVardan,bugüngeldi-
ğikonumveoluşturduğualt-
yapısıyla bundan sonra da
DEİK’in,ülkeekonomisi-
ninbüyümesi, ilerlemesi
vegeleceknesillereengü-
zelşekildeaktarılmasıyö-
nündehizmetvereceğine
eminolduğunuvurgulaya-
rak,DEİK’in,stratejikyolha-
ritasıylaTürkiye’ninbüyümesi-
neeşsizkatkılar sunmayahazıroldu-
ğunudilegetirdi.Başlattığıatılımı,geçmişin
güçlü temelleriüzerine inşaeden
DEİK’inson ikiyıldaçokdaha
güçlendiğinivehızlandığını
aktaranVardan, sözlerine
şöyledevametti: “Geçen
ikiyıllıkdönemdeDEİK
olarak3bineyakınetkin-
likdüzenledik.Hemenher
günyurtiçiveyurtdışıfaali-
yetlergerçekleştirdik.Dünya-
nındörtbiryanındaülkemiziçin
yenidostluklaroluşturduk.”
GenelKurulkapsamındaDEİK’in
yeni logosuvekurumsalkimliği-
nin tanıtımıDEİKBaşkanıVar-
dan tarafındanyapıldı. “Türk iş
dünyasınıngüçlenmesi içinalın
teridökenbukuruma,yıllarasari
tecrübeninvebilinirliğin izlerini
muhafazaederek,bugünkühızına
yakışırbirlogoveyenibirkurum-
salkimlikkazandırıyoruz”diye-
rek yeni logoyu DEİK Başkanı
Vardan;“Dışekonomikilişkilerde
geleceğişekillendirmeyehazırız”
dedi. 1986’daTürkiye’ninekono-
mikdönüşümünekatkıvermekve
yurtdışınaaçılmak isteyenTürk
girişimcisineyolgöstermeküzere
kurulanDEİK,30yıllıktecrübesi
ilebugünTürk işdünyası temsil-
cilerinindünyanınheryerinde-
kiaktivitelerineyönveriyor.DE-
İK,2017yılınagirerkenkurumsal
kimliğinivebukapsamdadalogo-
sunuyenilemişbulunuyor. DE-
İK,çatısıaltında toplanan iş in-
sanlarına,özgüven,vizyonveye-
nipazarlarkazandırarak,Türkiye
ekonomisinedahafazlakatkısağ-
lamalarınaimkansağlıyor.DEİK,
Türkiye’nindünyayaaçılanpen-
ceresi,Türkiye’nindünyayıkav-
rayanzihniolarakyenikimliği ile
yolunadevamediyor.
134
DEİKbünyesindefaaliyetgösteren
İşKonseyisayısı
DEİK
116
Sonikiyıldaağırlanan
yabancıDevletBaşkanı,
BaşbakanveBakansayısı
DEİK
3.000+
Sonikiyıldadüzenlenen
yurtiçiveyurtdışı
etkinliksayısı
DEİK
700+
Sonikiyıldagerçekleştirilen
YürütmeKuruluToplantısısayısı
DEİK
34
SonikiyıldaCumhurbaşkanı
ileziyaretedilenülkesayısı
DEİK
45
SonikiyıldaEkonomiBakanlarıile
ziyaretedilenülkesayısı
DEİ
ARALIK 2016
