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Trade between Turkey
and Azerbaijan has
increased by
15 times
in 10 years
Turkish private sector
conducts visits in Europe
Turkey-AzerbaijanCooperation
Meeting was held at the TOBB
Union Center with TOBB President
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu hosting
the event. Attending the meeting
in addition to the Customs and
Commerce Minister Hayati Yazıcı
were Azerbaijan Prime Minister
Deputy Abid Şerifov, Economic
Development and Industry
Minister Şahin Mustafayev,
Transportation Minister Ziya
Memmedov, Communication and
Information Technologies Minister
Ali Abbasov, Energy Minister
Natig Aliyev as well as the Labor
and Social Security Minister Selim
Müslümov who were in Turkey as
a part of the Azerbaijan President
İlham Aliyev’s visit.
Stating that economic
cooperation between Turkey
and Azerbaijan has shown
significant developments in recent
years, TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Trade between
us and Azerbaijan has increased
by 15 times in the last 10 years.
The Turkey-Azerbaijan bilateral
trade volume has continued to
consistently increase despite the
global financial crisis. In 2012, the
bilateral trade between our two
countries has increased by 16%,
reaching 3 billion USD.”
The Turkish Private Sector
Delegation, led by TOBB/DEİK
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu
as a part of an organization by
the Foreign Economic Relations
Council (DEİK) and Turkey Exporters
Council (TİM), accompanied Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s
state visit to Finland, Sweden and
Poland between the 5
th
and 9
th
of
November. Speaking at the Turkey
– Finland Business Forum which
took place in Helsinki, TOBB/DEİK
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that economic relations
between Turkey and Filand are not
at a level befitting the relations
of the two countries and invited
Finnish companies to invest in
Turkey.
Mehmet Baybulat AŞETEY
TOBB Bilgi Erişim Uzman Yardımcısı
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A new era in
renewable energy
The amendment for the
changes to the Electric Market
Law was published in October.
Stating that a new era in
renewable energy is beginning,
sector representatives predict
that the production without the
1 MW limit of companies with
high consumption will assist in
the growth of the sector.
Stating that Turkey’s energy
demand will double in 10 years
as a result of the increasing
rate of wealth as a result of the
political stability of the last 10
years, the Energy and Natural
Resources Minister Taner Yıldız
said that they are working to
address this demand and ensure
energy security.
