Employers ask gov’t to continue incentives

The business world has asked the government to continue incentives for the companies in Türkiye on employment and production.

A delegation of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK), led by Özgür Burak Akkol, chairman of the board of the federation, presented the demands of the business community to Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz at a meeting on Aug. 14.

Akkol said the main issues such as rising production costs, exchange rate policy and shrinking demand were evaluated at the meeting, also attended by Justice Miniter Yılmaz Tunç, Labor Minister Vedat Işıkhan, Industry Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat and other senior officials.

Speaking after the meeting, Akkol emphasized the importance they attach to social dialogue and finding solutions. He added that they exhibited one of the most valuable examples of social dialogue in the meeting they attended with representatives of sectors that shape the economy and development of the country from metal to construction and cement, chemical, textile, mining, medicine, health and tourism.

"In our meeting, we evaluated our main problems such as financing problems, rising production costs, especially of inputs, raw materials, energy and labor, exchange rate policies and shrinking demand," Akkol said.

"We shared our views that the practices expressed in the public opinion, such as increasing social security costs and canceling incentives, will not be appropriate for both companies and employees, especially for companies that are struggling due to increasing financing costs, exchange rate pressure on exports and increasing international competition."

The federation chair said that they conveyed the views and expectations of the business community in a...