BRUSSELS - Turkey`s State Minister said on Thursday that Turkey used trade as an instrument to solve its problems with neighboring countries.

During a dinner hosted in his honor by Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON) in the Belgian capital, Brussels, Tuzmen said Turkey got successful results from its trade improvement... continue »

TUSKON US successfully completed first Congressional Staffer Trip to Turkey focusing on Trade and Foreign Policy between March 22 and March 29, 2008. 11 staffers from the Congress participated this trip. The group visited three cities, Istanbul, Ankara and Gaziantep.
During their visit, the group had chance to meet with TUSKON President Rizanur Meral, Mi... continue »

27th American Turkish Council's Annual Conference was held on April 13-16, 2008. It was once again a very successful meeting. Secretary of State Ms. Rice, MInister of Treasury Mehmet Simsek, Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul and Minister of Foreign Trade Kursat Tuzmen was speaker in the conference. More than ten panel held during this three day conference. ... continue »

TUSKON US Executive Director Hakan Tasci was interviewed by Devrim Cubukcu of Voice of America. Mr. Tasci gave information about TUSKON US activities and discussed the current economic outlook of the US Economy and possible effects of this outlook to Turkey. This interview was aired on April 8th, 2008 in TGRT-Voice of America Joint Washington News Program. <... continue »

The Eastern Anatolia Industrialists and Businessmen's Federation (DASİDEF), operating under the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), brought 1,000 businessmen together in Erzurum in eastern Turkey on Saturday. They came up with 200 development projects within the scope of the Eastern Anatolia Development and Collaboration Bridge ... continue »

Participants in the second general assembly meeting of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), one of Turkey's largest and most influential business organizations with over 12,000 members, have voiced strong criticism of the case for closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that was filed on Friday.
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Turkey and India expressed their desire to give a major fillip to their bilateral trade with the Turkish Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Foreign Contracting Services, Kursad Tuzman and India’s Minister of State for Industry, Dr Aswani Kumar, calling for the initiation of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during Tuzmen's India visit together with 170 busin... continue »

TUSKON Second General Assembly was held on March, 15th 2008. This was the election year for TUSKON and the founding president of TUSKON, Rızanur Meral, was the only candidate for the post of TUSKON chairman and thus was elected after receiving all the valid votes. The other board members are Ahmet Ciğer, Ahmet Küçükbay, Ali Çiçeksay, Aydın Ateş, Cahit Durmaz... continue »

TUSKON US held an orientation program for the Congressional Staffer who will be participating to TUSKON US's Turkey Trip between March 22 and March 29, 2008. In the orientation program, Paul Malik from the State Department, Tuncay Babali, Suleyman Gokce, Murat Karagoz from the Turkish embassy and Hakan Tasci, Executive director of TUSKON US informed particip... continue »

TUSKON US held "Second US Market Entrance Strategy Seminar" in Bursa, Ankara, Konya on January 12-19, 2008. The Second Seminar focused on Automotive Parts and Accessories. This program was organized by TUSKON and Member Associations and sponsored by Foreign Trade Ministry and Chicago Turkish American Chamber of Commerce. During this seven day trip, The trad... continue »

TUSKON US held First Trade Mission to United States on January 12-18, 2008. 10 MARIFED members who are doing business in Food Industry participated to this 6 days event. The participants visited three states: California, New York and New Jersey. In the first day of the trip, they attended to Fancy Food Trade Show in San Diego, California. Several one to one ... continue »