10-11 April, 2009
Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre İstanbul, Türkiye
The Foreign Economic Relations Board is organizing “THE WORLD TURKISH ENTREPRENEURS ASSEMBLY” with the aim of bringing together Turkish businessmen and entrepreneurs living abroad under the scope of a common, effective and institutionalized structure.
The Convention will be honored with the presence of President of the Turkish Republic Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
For the first time in the history of the Convention, a General Assembly will held to unite Turkish business associations, foundations and federations abroad, under the umbrella of an institutionalized structure, centered in Turkey. All Turkish businessmen and professionals from abroad will be considered delegates and the delegates will have right to vote and to elected for the administrative organs of the World Turkish Business Council. 7 delegates will be elected for the American Continent.
How to attend?
The applications to the Assembly are available online.
Registration, Program, Attendees, Preliminary Committee, Bilateral Business Meetings and for more information please follow the link: www.kurultay2009.org
What the Assembly Offers to Attendants?
2000 Turkish Entrepreneurs and Executives of International Companies and Executive Bureaucrats will meet at the same platform.
An “INTERACTIVE PLATFORM” where the Ministers of the Cabinet and Turkish entrepreneurs meet An advantage to take part in the “REGIONAL SESSIONS” covering the region’s main economic agenda for Turkish businessmen, moderated by Ministers of the Cabinet.
“BILATERAL BUSINESS MEETINGS” to create new job opportunities.
Please click for the event agenda , invitation letter and invitation flyer
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| Turkey is uniting Turkish business associations, foundations and federations abroad under the umbrella of an institutionalized structure centered in Turkey with a move that is widely accepted as a necessary step to increase the efficiency of Turkey’s business opportunities in the world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The “World Turkish Business Council” will be created under the supervision of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK). The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) decided to create this new unit on Jan. 24, 2008 to extend a better hand to Turkish businesses and help them in their operations abroad. A general assembly for the council will be established in a two-day meeting on April 10-11 at the Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center in İstanbul with the participation of President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and all economy-related government ministers. DEİK and the Foreign Trade Undersecretary (DTM) are organizing “the World Turkish Entrepreneurs Assembly” with the aim to bring together Turkish businessmen and entrepreneurs living abroad under the scope of a common, effective and institutionalized structure. All Turkish businessmen and professionals from abroad will be considered delegates and will have the right to vote and elect the administrative organs of the World Turkish Business Council. Seven delegates will be elected for the American continents alone. Those who wish to attend the assembly meeting will be able to apply online by visiting www.kurultay2009.org. The Web site also presents useful information about the program, attendees, preliminary committee and bilateral business meetings. During the assembly meeting, nearly 2,000 Turkish entrepreneurs and executives of international companies and executive bureaucrats will have a chance to meet in a common platform to create and utilize business opportunities. The meeting will start with the opening remarks of Muhtar Kent, the CEO and president of the Coca-Cola Company. TOBB Chairman Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Foreign Trade Minister Kürşad Tüzmen will deliver speeches prior to Prime Minister Erdoğan taking the podium. In the afternoon session of the first day, there will be an interactive panel discussion with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Hayati Yazıcı, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs Nazım Ekren, Foreign Trade Minister Tüzmen, Economy Minister Mehmet Şimşek, State Minister Said Yazıcıoğlu, State minister and Chief EU Negotiator Egemen Bağış, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, Finance Minister Kemal Unakıtan, Minister of Labor and Social Security Faruk Çelik, Minister of Industry and Commerce Zafer Çağlayan and Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay. The second day will start with bilateral business talks among participating businessmen. Later in the day, the World Turkish Business Council’s General Assembly elections will be held. |
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