As part of the TUSKON's efforts to bolster Turkey's economic ties with the Balkans and contribute to the regional peace and stability, a business delegation of 70 businessmen, headed by the president Abdullah Gul, was organized to Bosnia jointly by TUSKON and TIM (Turkish Exporters Union) on September 2nd and 3rd.
Before the business forum started, bi... continue »

Hosting 2,200 foreign businesspeople from 135 countries, as well as 2,300 businesspeople from Turkey, in İstanbul on June 15-19, 2010, TUSKON's Trade Bridge proved to be a success story that greatly contributed to the country’s vision of building friendly and strong political and economic relations with the rest of the world.

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President Gul paid a visit to Kazakhistan on May 25-28. TUSKON and Turkish Exporters Union jointly organized a trade and investment forum in Asthana on May 26, 2010. 400 million dollars worth of deals were signed and 1400 business meetings were held. 150 business people accompanying President Gul met with more than 350 Kazakh businesmen.

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California Turkish American Chamber of Commerce (CATA Chamber) hosted a reception on Monday, May 10, 2010 to gather Turkish and U.S. businessmen. ConnecTA which stands for “connecting Turkish and American businesses” was held at Hyatt Regency Irvine on May 10, 2010. Among participants were Consul General of Turkiye Hakan Tekin, Newport Beach Mayor Keith Cur... continue »

The Turkish-Russian Business Forum were held in Ankara on May 12, 2010. The forum, organized by a collaborative work of the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) and the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB). Some 1000 Turkish businessm... continue »

President Gul paid a three days visit to Cameroon and Congo together with 130 businessmen on March 14-17, 2010. TUSKON and TIM organized the business part of the program. 400 businessmen from Congo participated the investment forum in COngo on March 15 and 500 businessmen in Cameroon.

Gül was speaking with Turkish journalists accompanying him durin... continue »

TUSKON organized a business delegation to Indonesia on Wednesday March 2-6, 2010. TUSKON Chairman Rızanur Meral, speaking at the Turkey-Indonesia Trade and ınvestment Forum in Jakarta on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 highlighted the importance of TUSKON for Turkey’s economy. Regarding the volume of this support, Meral stated that TUSKON members had had more than ... continue »

Delivering a speech on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Turkey-Tanzania Trade and Investment Forum, organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) and attended by Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan, Kikwete briefed delegates on the benefits provided to investors in Tanzania.

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15 MARIFED member Turkish companies paid a visit to Atlanta on February, 20-25, 2010. Turkish American Chamber of COmmerce of Southeast and World Trade Center organized four days long program and arranged bilateral business meetings with local companies. MARIFED President and TUSKON's vice president Ahmet Ciger lead the delegation to Atlanta.

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Following a Turkey-Egypt Trade and Investment Bridge meeting organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) Tuesday January 19, 2010 in Cairo, Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergün and his Egyptian counterpart said they set a new target of $10 billion in mutual trade in the following three years.

Ergün, who was i... continue »

President Gül and Albanian President Bamir Topi attended the Turkish-Albanian Business Forum organized by TUSKON, Turkish Exporters Union and the Ministry of Foreign Trade at Sheraton Hotel in Albanian capital of Tirana on December 11, 2009.

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said on Friday he was glad to see that Albania was a safe country for investm... continue »

A trade and investment bridge between Turkey and Morocco organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) in a bid to boost commerce between the two countries kicked off Nov 10 in Casablanca and ran through Nov. 13, with the attendance of Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergün along with a trade mission of more than 80 busin... continue »

Minister of Foreign Trade Zafer Çağlayan was in Johannesburg, South Africa between November 3-6, 2009, with a delegation of more than 100 businessmen for trade talks with South African officials and to attend the Turkish-South African Business Forum, jointly organized by the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade (DTM), the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen an... continue »

TUSKON organized Turkish-Kazakh Business and Investment Forum on Friday, OCt 23, 2009 together with Kazakhstan National Chamber of Commerce (ATAMEKEN) and Kazakh Business Association (KAZKA). 50 companies from Kazakhstan and 420 companies from Turkey participated to the event. Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkey participated to the event and welcomed the bu... continue »

TUSKON organized Turkish-Brazilian Investment and Trade Forum for Brazilian businessmen delegation on September 28, 2009. There is a need to develop bilateral trade relations between Turkey and Brazil, and to balance the trade volume between the two countries, Zafer Çağlayan, state minister for trade and economy, said Monday.

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Gül attended TUSKON's Eastern Anatolia Development and Collaboration Bridge (DAKİK) meeting in Erzurum, where businesspeople from eastern and western Turkey convened to prepare a common platform on which to pursue mutual business and investment opportunities on July 23, 2009.

“Big economies have big targets. We have to unite under one roof, create a... continue »

Having brought together some 2,300 businessmen from 135 countries, 3,200 businessmen from Turkey, 33 trade ministers, 75 chamber of commerce presidents to evaluate opportunities for trade and cooperation, the Turkey-World Trade Bridge 2009 summit, organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), is now close to realizing its... continue »

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) hosted a reception at United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday, May 6, 2009 to promote the upcoming Turkey-World Trade Bridge 2009 (www.tuskonwtb.com), due to be held in İstanbul between June 1 and 7. Receiving the guests, Turkey's permanent ambassador to the UN, Baki İlkin, made... continue »

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Rohitha ML Bogollagama, Sri Lanka's minister of foreign affairs, were in Istanbul on December 4, 2008 for the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists' (TUSKON) Sri Lanka Investment and Business Forum.

During the visit, the first ever by a Sri Lankan head of state, Rajapaksa met with Turkish... continue »

TUSKON event opened officially in İstanbul yesterday November 18, 2008, bringing together around 1,000 businessmen from 16 countries for two days of business meetings. Foreign Trade Minister Kürşad Tüzmen spoke at the event, stressing the importance of developing business relations in order to overcome the current global economic crisis “exported” by the Uni... continue »

Second TUSKON Food Delegation to United States was held on June 29-July 05, 2008. 13 prominent firms from Turkey joined a week-long program in New York and searched for new opportunities for their companies. During their stay, delegation visited Fancy Food Trade show which hosted more than 2400 exhibitors and did market research for their goods and services.... continue »

The Turkey-Asia Pacific Foreign Trade Bridge II was held on June 16-18, 2008 with Foreign Trade Minister Kürşad Tüzmen's opening remarks at İstanbul's WOW Convention Center. Organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) and supported by Turkey's Foreign Trade Undersecretariat and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the forum attr... continue »

"Turkey will hold the first Turkey-Africa summit this August in İstanbul," said Foreign Minister Babacan on May 15, 2008. Speaking on the last day of the third Turkey-Africa foreign trade bridge of TUSKON at İstanbul's CNR Convention Center, Babacan said, "President Abdullah Gül invited all 54 African heads of state and governments to the summit."
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The record number of participants and high-level representation marked the event as yet another indication of the growth business relations between African countries and Turkey have seen in recent years. TUSKON Turkey-Africa Foreign Trade Bridge which was held on May13-15, 2008 is another evidence for this fact. "Our goal is to bring the total volume of trad... continue »

The Third Turkey Africa Foreign Trade Bridge program is coming on May 13-15, 2008. This year 1000 businesspeople from 54 different countries will be hosted in Istanbul together with 2000 Turkish businessmen. In this 3 day event, the African businesspeople will have chance to meet with their Turkish counterparts to discuss the business opportunities and they ... 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 »

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 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 »

The 2nd Turkey-Eurasia Foreign Trade Bridge summit, organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), commenced yesterday, December 3rd, 2007.

The two-day-long summit brings 500 businessmen from 12 Eurasian countries together with 1,500 Turkish businessmen for bilateral trade talks under a single roof. The summit ... continue »

Four days after the Opening Ceremony in Washington DC, TUSKON US held a business summit in Turkey to introduce US Food and Agribusiness Industry to Turkish Businessmen. In a day long event, Mehmet Ali Erdem, Commercial Attache from Turkish Consulate in New York, Beyhan Nakiboglu from Nema Food, Omer Ipek from Amish Markets, Carl Reynolds from EAS Consulting,... continue »

The Turkish-Russian Business Forum, organized by the Turco-Russian Council and the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), took place in Moscow on Wednesday September 26, 2007 .

The forum opened with a speech by Russian Commerce and Industry Chamber Chairman Yevgeniy Primakov. Turkey's Ambassador to Russia Kurtuluş Taşkent... continue »

Turkish and Kazakh businessmen, who convened in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, signed their names under a historic success after concluding contracts amounting to $500 million in just two days.

Some 150 Turkish companies and 800 Kazakh companies attended the Turkish-Kazakh Business Forum, sponsored by the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade and... continue »

TUSKON US strives to build bridges between US and Turkish business communities and aims to increase the trade volume between US and Turkiye to achieve this objective. TUSKON US believes that being a trade partner is the most efficient and influential way of solving the political and economic problems between countries. Turkiye's share in US foreign trade is ... continue »