Colombia's Vice President Angelino Garzon attended the TUSKON luncheon in his honor on January 7, 2012 as part of his visit to Turkey.
Touting the Colombian economy Mr. Garzon said the Colombian economy grew at 5.5% last year and at least the same growth performance is expected this year also.

Vice President Garzon also tal... continue »

TUSKON and TUSKON member businessmen association GAPGIAD organized the Turkey Macedonia Business Forum in Gaziantep on January 30, 2012. Macedonia Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Peshevski and Cabinet Member Minister Vale Samak and top officials from the government also attend the forum.
Speaking at the opening of the forum Peshevski ... continue »

TUSKON organized an investment and trade delegation to Saudia Arabia in January to contribute to economic ties between the two countries. The delegation held bilateral business talks at the Jiddah Chamber of Commerce and Investment (JCCI) as part of a business forum and then met with the Mayor of Medina and the city businessmen while als... continue »

The 7th Turkey-Africa Trade Bridge (TATK-7), organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), is expected to generate $350 billion in mutual trade agreements, according to vice president, Ahmet Ciger.

The TUSKON event brought together 350 African businessmen from 54 African countries and 600 Tur... continue »

This year's Turkic American Alliance Annual Convention was held in partnership with TUSKON on November 30. The Convention began with a series of day long series of panels on US-Turkey relations covering political, economic and energy aspects of the bilateral relations.

The first panel, moderated by Joshua Walker was on the Turk... continue »

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) hosted a trade fair in Moscow which attracted 60 businesses from Turkey in addition to companies that attended from 12 countries in the Black Sea region.
The trade fair was organized jointly with the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), currently ch... continue »

A panel discussion on Turkey's constitutional process was organized jointly by TUSKON and CAP on November 29. Moderated by Michael Werz of CAP, the panelists, including Heather Hurlburt, Yavuz Baydar, Ergun Babahan and Omer Taspinar, covered various aspects of the current constitutional development in Turkey, such as the legislative proc... continue »

A TUSKON delegation led by Secretary General Mustafa Gunay, accompanied by a number of Turkish businessmen, was in Canada between on December 2, 2011. The delegation attended the reception given in honor of the third year of the Turkish Canadian Chamber of Commerce and met with Canadian businessmen. The reception attended by commercial ... continue »

Turkish and Colombian businessmen met at the Turkey- Colombia business forum held on November 18, 2011 in Ankara. President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santoz Calderon also attended the forum. President Calderon urged Turkish businessmen to do more trade with Colombia considering the rising economies of both countries. Calderon spoke about th... continue »

TUSKON sponsored a business forum in the Albanian capital of Tirana on Wednesday, bringing together 400 entrepreneurs from nearly a dozen countries in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus as well as Turkey and Albania.

The forum was the second of its kind held as part of Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic C... continue »

TUSKON has joined forces with the European Policy Center (EPC) to organize a two-day high level conference relating to Turkey- EU relations on November 17 and 18.

The conference featured a number of high ranking officials from both the EU and Turkey side as speakers. From the EU side European Commissioner for Enlargement and Nei... continue »

by Yavuz Baydar

By Hakan Tasci

The Second Global Entrepreneurship Summit took place in Turkey over the course of three days, starting last Saturday. Noteworthy participants included American Vice President Joe Biden, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and other politicians from Turkey and a number of other countries.

The summit... continue »

TUSKON President Rızanur Meral said Thursday, October 27 that a major international trade summit hosted by his organization has resulted the signing of trade deals worth at least $300 million in two days.

Addressing reporters at a press conference in İstanbul, Meral said the exact value of deals sealed as a result of the Turkey-W... continue »

The third Turkey-World Trade Bridge summit hosted by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) gathered approximately 700 businessmen from around the world in İstanbul on October 26,2011.
The event started with an address by TUSKON President Rızanur Meral, followed by speeches by Turkish Economy Minister Zaf... continue »

TUSKON's annual Think Tank trip was held between October 7-14, with the participation of scholars from Brookings Institute, Hudson Institute and Center for American Progress. The participants had a chance to meet with government officials, academic and think tank experts and business leaders in Istanbul, Ankara and Hatay. Among the off... continue »

Businessmen from the Philippines called on the TUSKON in İstanbul on Sunday, October 30 to establish an office and organize business forums in their country, pointing out that the organization would help foster trade relations between the two countries.
Representatives of 700 businesses from around the world spent the final day of th... continue »

Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan stated that Turkey and India are two countries that complement each other and suggested that in order to improve commercial relations, the countries should sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), at the Turkey-India Trade and Investment Forum in İstanbul on Friday, October 14.

"Another way of i... continue »

Turkey and Brazil have solidified their cooperation on a wide array of areas, particularly on economic partnership, agreeing to increase efforts to benefit from opportunities that will further advance the world's two most powerful emerging economic powerhouses on the world stage.
Speaking on the sidelines of a Turkey-Brazil Business... continue »

Turkish and Russian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking to improve cooperation and will seek ways for possible joint investments in third countries following a deal signed between two of Turkey's leading business associations and Russia's largest SME organization in Moscow on Monday, October 10.

A group of deleg... continue »

A UK business delegation has joined the business secretary Vince Cable on a trade-boosting trip to Turkey, a country whose economy grew nearly nine per cent last year.
As well as visiting Ankara and Istanbul, the Business Secretary, with the accompanying delegation, attended a luncheon and met representatives from TUSKON in Istanbul.B... continue »

Along with delegations visiting Missouri and North Carolina, a TUSKON delegation headed by President Rizanur Meral visited Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas and Houston Texas.

The delegation was received by Turkey's Consulate General in Houston, Cemalattin Aydin in Houston where they met with Turkish and American businessmen.
... continue »

Balkan Leaders Summit organized by TUSKON, and FEBA brought together the prime ministers of six Balkan countries, including Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in New York City on September 22. TUSKON president spoke at the Balkan Leaders Summit and emphasized the importance of economic ties among Balkan Countries.

At the meeting, other participatin... continue »

TUSKON will hold its annual international business summit, Turkey-World Trade Bridge, in İstanbul Oct. 24-30 at the İstanbul Congress Center.

The summit, which began in 2006, will have a sector-based focus for the first time and will provide participants coming from abroad the opportunity to see products exhibited at Turkish comp... continue »

In US for the annual Balkan Leaders Summit, a group of TUSKON board member businessmen invited by Congressman Larry Kissel also visited North Carolina for 2 days. The delegation's program was organized jointly by Congressman's Office and included meetings with Cabarrus Chamber of Commerce officials, Larinburg/Scotland Chamber of Commerce ... continue »

A delegation of TUSKON board member businessmen visited St Louis, Missouri before TUSKON's annual Balkan Leaders Summit in New York. The visit was part of TUSKON's efforts to boost bilateral economic relations and organized with Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan's invitation.

During their visit Turkish businessmen had a chance t... continue »

TUSKON President Rızanur Meral and a delegation of members paid a visit to Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan on Tuesday to congratulate him for the June 12 general elections.
Meral presented his best wishes to the economy minister during his visit and underlined that TUSKON and Caglayan worked closely together during the latter's term a... continue »

Congressman Bill Cassidy, a Republican representing Louisiana's 6th district and a member of Congressional caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans, was in Turkey this week. While in Istanbul, Mr. Cassidy also visited TUSKON meeting with President Rizanur Meral on Monday, August 8. The two exchanged their views on issues such as Turkish Ame... continue »

Mike Brubaker, a Republican senator from Pennsylvania, has said economic relations between Turkey and the US have the potential to be much better and more improved than they presently are.

As part of his visit to İstanbul late July, the senator met officials from Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKO... continue »

As part of their trip to Turkey, a group of US Congressmen was hosted by TUSKON on June 12. Dana Rohrabacher,Jeff Duncan, Jim Costa, Louie Gohmert, Russ Carnahan and Ted Poe were in the group.... continue »

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the guest of Tuskon's "Broadened Board of Presidents Assembly" which gathered on May 3, 2011 in Istanbul at the WOW Hotel.During his speech, the prime minister also praised TUSKON for becoming a major actor in the Turkish economy. According to Erdogan, the confederation became successful th... continue »

More than 3,200 businesspeople from the 48 least developed countries (LDCs) and Turkey have gathered around 545 business meeting desks on May 9, at a trade fair organized by Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON)in collaboration with UN Global Compact, on the sidelines of the Fourth United Nations Conference on t... continue »

For the US secretary of commerce, TUSKON has played a key role in Turkey's growth and its strengthening economic ties with the US. "TUSKON is only six years old, but it has already established itself as a driving force for economic development in Turkey and a trusted partner for businesses around the world. With the opening of your Washin... continue »