All of the stalls in the 2nd World Trade Bridge organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) have been leased by companies seeking to boost sales by establishing new trade ties with thousands of businesspeople from 135 countries.

The assembly is expected to stage as many as 100,000 business meetings between par... continue »

The TUSKON package submitted to the minister on Saturday, May 8, 2010 seeks to find a solution to Turkey’s unemployment problem with 22 different articles. Among the measures that TUSKON is proposing is increased loan support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). TUSKON has offered to make effective contributions to the government through organizati... continue »

Receiving the newly elected TUSKON board at the Çankaya presidential palace on May 5, 2010, Gül said the confederation’s efforts to diversify Turkey’s export markets benefitted relations with different countries. Also mentioning TUSKON’s role as a bridge that opens global markets for Turkish businesses, the president said the state also is committed to conti... continue »

Washington post quoted TUSKON. Here is the article:

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY -- Since Turkey and Syria eliminated border restrictions several months ago, the crowds of Syrians at the glittering Sanko Park Mall in this southeastern Turkish city have grown tenfold. Exports from Gaziantep to Syria are booming, and rich Turkish businessmen are stepping up thei... continue »

AK Party jurists, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin and AK Party group deputy chairman Bekir Bozdağ continued their rounds yesterday (March 24, 2010) to seek support for the government's 26-article reform package, which aims to bring Turkey's democracy and judiciary closer to the level of European standards.

The Turk... continue »

The Ergenekon, Sledgehammer and Erzincan cases must be used as an opportunity to turn Turkey into a country governed by the rule of law, Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) President Rızanur Meral has said, expressing support for efforts by the government and Parliament to reform the judiciary.
Speaking at the third TUSKON ge... continue »

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) has played a great role in increasing Turkey’s reputation in the world and building bridges with various foreign countries in line with the government’s constructive foreign policy agenda, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said at TUSKON's 3rd General Assembly on March 6, 2010. Some 3... continue »

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on Friday, September 25 signed an agreement to further develop their bilateral cooperation, expected to stimulate trade relations between the two countries.

TUSKON expects to support its members who engage in business... continue »

Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) Chairman Rızanur Meral said on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 that the Turkish business world supports the government's “democratization initiative” for a solution to the Kurdish issue, a decades-long problem which has cost Turkey thousands of lives.

Addressing the region's businessmen durin... continue »

A delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ali Babacan and 30 businessmen from the Turkish Federation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) has returned to Turkey following a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. This four day delegation was in Bosnia and Kosovo on Jan 12-16, 2009. The businessmen have signed various investment contracts, and they pl... continue »

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi affirmed that Ethiopia will take part in the 4th Turkey-Africa Trade Bridge Forum, which is to be held in Ankara in June 2009. He held discussion with a Turkish delegation led by President of the Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey, Rızanur MERAL on November 26, 2008.

During the discussion, Meles de... continue »

The decision was announced as part of the İstanbul Declaration, read yesterday during a breakfast that was part of the ongoing Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit, organized jointly by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) and the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON). TOBB Chairman Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu read the declaration out ... continue »

Speaking to Today's Zaman in a phone interview, Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) Chairman Rızanur Meral said the decision was clearly positive because it meant a continuation of Turkey’s stability. "The business world definitely doesn't want to see such a case again and, thus, necessary amendments must be introduced to the Con... continue »

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 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 »

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 »

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.
Tho... continue »

Last Friday at a high-profile breakfast to mark the opening of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists' (TUSKON) office in Washington, State Department Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic was eager to use the opportunity to find a member of the Turkish Cabinet at the same table. He kindly briefed Minister Mehm... continue »

TUSKON US Opening Ceremony received the attention from media.
These are the newspapers that covered the event:

AKŞAM: Türkiye Ekonomide Anahtar Güç
BUGÜN: Düşük FDF Kredi Gücünü Yükseltir
HÜRRİYET: ABD Dünyanın En Büyüşü Ama Türkiye'de anahtar Güç
VOICE OF AMERICA: Reformlar Konusunda Kararlıyız
REFERAN... continue »

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) opened an office in Washington yesterday at a ceremony attended by Economy Minister Mehmet Şimşek as well as some of the economy's top bureaucrats, who were already in the US to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Board of Governors Meeting.

Şimşek g... continue »

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson late Wednesday condemned the latest terrorist attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), admitting the attacks showed that the United States was not doing enough to fight the terrorist group.

“I condemn those attacks and other terrorist attacks that are occurring on a daily basis throughout the wor... continue »

Turkey’s business reform means more businesses have been created, according to “Doing Business 2008,” the fifth in an annual report series issued by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Sept. 26, 2007.

Countries within Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union saw the most reforms in 2006-07, along with a large group of em... continue »

Members of the Marmara Business Life Associations Federation (MARİFED), one of the founding federations of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), have established a vital cooperation network among each other after a two-day meeting in İstanbul.

The Business Development Platform 2007, held on Sept. 8 and 9 at the WOW ... continue »

The business world has voiced resounding approval of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül's presidential candidacy, calling it the natural consequence of democracy in the country and pointing to the July election results.

"Forty-seven percent of voters supported the Justice and Development Party [AK Party] and everyone has to respect people's will in a de... continue »

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) hosted a delegation that included members of the US Congress and their staff members in İstanbul yesterday.

TUSKON Deputy Chairman Ahmet Ciğer, gave a speech at the meeting in which he noted that there was great commercial potential between the two countries. “Despite fluctuating ... continue »

Economy Minister and chief EU negotiator Ali Babacan inagurated the Brussels office of the Confederation of Businesmen and Industrialists of Turkiye (TUSKON) on Thursday.

Babacan described the symbolic importance of TUSKON opening a Brussels office. He said it showed the contributions that Turkish businessmen had made to the EU accession process. He... continue »

The results of the July 22 elections were widely welcomed by business circles around the country, with prominent figures of the business world stating in one voice that the people chose stability over daily quarrels and ideological polarization.

The Turkish people preferred preservation of the economic achievements of the last four-and-a-half years... continue »

The second of the trade bridge summits with Africa, organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), started yesterday with the participation of many senior state officials, bureaucrats, businessmen and journalists from 39 countries.

Minister Kürşad Tüzmen greets a participant at the opening of the TUSKON summit in... continue »

The Turkish businessmen and industrialists confederation has organized a Turkish-African trade summit during the 16-18 of May, held in Istanbul. Over 1000 foreign delegates have attended the summit, including 32 high officials from African countries, and 27 businessmen from Yemen.

This summit, otherwise known as the second Turkey-Africa foreign tra... continue »

The Hall of Fame of the Economy, chosen by the Dünya Daily for the last 17 years from among persons and institutions guiding of the economy, was assembled again for year 2006. Persons, corporations and institutions elected to the Hall of Fame of the Economy by the grand jury composed of the readers, officials, writers and directors of the Dünya Daily as well... continue »

As the economy keeps growing and depending on foreign trade, Turkish businessmen are seeking to establish strong footholds in international markets to preserve this upward trend.

As a part of these efforts, the Confederation of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) is establishing a “trade bridge” with the Pacific region, an economic zone ... continue »