Businessmen's Association

The Public Contractors and Businessmen's Association (KAMİAD) has called for equipment and human resources for the construction of 650,000 houses in the earthquake zone, which covers 11 provinces.

The Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MÜSİAD) has launched a campaign dubbed "year of investment."

Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has said he had a "fruitful" meeting with the representatives of the business world in Istanbul.

"We held a productive meeting today with our representatives from the business world, the real sector and [nongovernmental organizations] NGOs," Nebati wrote on his Twitter account on Dec. 11 after the meeting.

Despite sabotage attempts, Turkey is gradually getting closer to its 2023 goals, the country's president said on Sept. 11.

Members of Turkey's business community hailed the country's economic performance based on its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate last year according to data released on March 1 by the country's statistical authority. 

Turkey's economy expanded 1.8% year-on-year in 2020 despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, said the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Turkey will unveil measures to reduce the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak this week, the treasury and finance minister said on March 16.

"President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will announce steps to be taken this week," Berat Albayrak said on Twitter.

Albayrak stressed that the country prioritized being prepared for the effects of coronavirus outbreak on the economy.

ue to a "blemish" in March's local elections in Istanbul, Turkey's metropolis of 16 million people, the public wants a do-over election, said Turkey's president on Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency, quoted by middleeastmonitor.com

Turkish businesspeople in Germany have voiced concerns to state-run Anadolu Agency over recent tension between Berlin and Ankara, demanding a speedy recovery in relations.   

A ship carrying 4,000 tons of food for beleaguered Qatar left Turkey early on June 22, marking a change in how essential supplies are being sent to the tiny Gulf state.    
    
The vessel, carrying dry food, fruits and vegetables, departed from İzmir in western Turkey.    
   

President Erdoğan has called for Turkish businesspeople to give a boost to domestic investment and job-creation, adding that the state of emergency constituted no obstacle before businesses