Exporters call on envoys from 73 countries to spread Turkey's devotion to democracy

The Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TİM) has called for some 181 envoys and civil servants from 73 countries across the globe to talk about Turkey's devotion to democratic rule and robust economy in their countries and to boost cooperation with Turkey during a three-day meeting hosted in the Aegean province of Çanakkale on Sept. 2-4, the association said in a statement.

"Countries which constitute some 27 percent of the world population, create 23 percent of the global GDP and 31 percent of the foreign trade volume and have around 44 percent of the share in Turkey's exports have been represented here. I call on all of you to cooperate more with Turkey in economic and trade terms," said TİM President Mehmet Büyükekşi. 

He noted that Turkey recently revealed a number of incentives, adding more would follow. 

"More importantly, the July 15 coup attempt was evaded and failed, creating no damage to the economy. Turkey has continued to produce value, investments and exports. Our exports increased by 16 percent in the week following the failed coup attempt. We also boosted our exports in August to the highest in the last 28 months," he noted. 

Foreign representatives from Albania,  Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Equator, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Moldova, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,...

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