19.11.2020

In coordination with the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK), trade associations of European origin in Turkey are preparing a report with the support of the Turkish Economic Policy Research Foundation (TEPAV) and the Economic Development Foundation (IKV) to draw attention to the issue of updating the Customs Union between Turkey and the European Union.

As part of the report preparations, a meeting on “Customs Union: A Business Perspective” was held in collaboration with TOBB and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. 

Attending the meeting in addition to Deputy Commerce Minister Gonca Yılmaz Batur and TOBB Executive Vice President Ayhan Zeytinoğlu were German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Markus Slevogt, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Turkey Representative Walter Glos, Ambassador Başak Türkoğlu, General Manager of EU Relations of the Presidency of the European Union, Dr. Çiğdem Nas, Secretary General of İkV, Dr. Sibel Guven, TEPAV Impact Analysis Program Director, Livio Manzini, President of Turkish-Italian Trade Association, Zeynep Necipoğlu, President of Turkish-French Trade Association, Casper Van Haaften, President of Turkish-Belgian-Luxembourg Trade Association Levent Apaydın and Siemens Healthineers Senior Director of Public Relations Mehmet Onur Özel.