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FORUM
Anatolian
stars shine on
Second Top
500
T
he Istanbul Chamber of Industry
(ISO) released the results of its an-
nual “Second Top 500 Industrial Enterp-
rises in Turkey” survey. Anatolian busi-
nesses have expanded their presence
on the ranking. Disclosed after the first
Top 500, Istanbul-based enterprises
on the “Second Top 500” have lagged
behind Anatolia-based enterprises for
many years. So, the gap between them
has grown bigger now according to the
latest ranking. Istanbul-based enterp-
rises accounted for almost half of the
enterprises (221) on the ranking back
in 2007. Their number on the ranking
has decreased year after year, except
for 2009. According to 2015 data, the
number of Istanbul-based enterprises
has dropped by 47 to 174, compared
with 2007 data, and stood at 177 in 2014.
K
.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
received the representatives of the
organizations with membership of the Tur-
key-EU Joint Consultative Committee (KIK).
In a statement he made following the me-
eting, M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Co-chair of KIK
and President of the Union of Chambers of
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB),
said, “The Turkish nation has survived a very
serious predicament. As NGOs, we will play a
more active role in the fight against misinfor-
mation and speculativemedia reports going
on abroad after the putsch.” TOBB Başkanı
Hisarcıklıoğlu added,“Like the rest of our na-
tion, TOBB rose against the putsch from the
very beginning and strongly encouraged
both our nation and members to stand up
for democracy.”
NGOs to support fight against misinformation