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EKONOMİK
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Turkey should undergo a
comprehensive administrative reform
72
nd
General
Assembly’s
message:
Turkey belongs
to us all
T
u r k e y ’s b i d t o b e c ome a n
EU-member state is entering a
new phase. We believe this is an im-
portant opportunity. Though a vast
majority of the people in Turkey is not
very much interested in this issue, the-
re are some reasons for us to get exci-
ted about it. To Turkey, the European
Union means a public administration
reform. Even the steps that should be
taken on the road to visa liberalization
can be described as a public administ-
ration reform. All in all, Turkey should
undergo a comprehensive administra-
tive reform. We need and should trust
the EU as they need and should trust
us for the benefit of mutual interests.
SELECT NEWS
T
housands of representatives from chambers and commodity exchanges across
Turkey came together at the 72nd General Assembly meeting of the Turkish Union
of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB). Among the participants in the General
Assembly, hosted by TOBB Chairman M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, were CHP leader Kemal
Kılıçdaroğlu, Economy Minister Mustafa Elitaş, Customs and Trade Minister Bülent Tü-
fekci, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal, Interior Minister Efkan Ala, MHP Deputy-leader Oktay
Vural, some former cabinet members, chairmen of various chambers and commodity
exchanges and other invitees. Delivering a speech at the General Assembly meeting,
which was broadly covered by the media, TOBB Chairman M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu’s key
message was, ‘Turkey belongs to us all.’ Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Turkey needs a brand new
growth and industrialization model. We should maintain and strengthen our structural
reform agenda. And we must do this through common sense and solidarity.”
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu: