16.04.2016 Ilgaz / Kastamonu
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the second ministry-level meeting held during the 64th government of the Coordination Council for Improvement of Investment Environment in Turkey (YOİKK).
Held closed to the press under the auspices of the Deputy PM Lütfi
Elvan, the meeting was attended by Internal Affairs Minister Efkan Ala,
Minister of the Treasury Naci Ağbal, Environment and Urbanism Minister Fatma
Güldemet Sarı, EU Deputy Minister Ali Şahin, the Union of Chambers and
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, TOBB
Treasurer Faik Yavuz TİM Chair Mehmet Büyükekşi, MÜSİAD Chair Nail Olpak,
TÜSİAD Deputy Chair Ali Koç, YASED Chair Ahmet Erdem and Foreign Economic Relations
Council (DEİK) Chair Ömer Cihad Vardan.
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated in his speech that he has
been attending YOİKK’s meetings since the day it was established, that he has
not seen the will he sees present today and said, “The fact that YOİKK has, for
the first time, come together with political will to seek solutions and that
the government is participating in the micro scale for solving the problems of
the real sector, has given me hope.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they would continue to provide support as per
the road map.
Deputy PM Elvan stated that economy and improvement of investment
environment lies at the heart of the reforms and that they will continue their
efforts in the future.
Reminding that a meeting
was held in February in regards to improvement of investment environment, Elvan
said, “During the meeting in February, we requested that TOBB, TÜSİAD, MÜSİAD,
TİM, YASED and DEİK convene to identify the steps necessary for the improvement
of investment environment and present their findings to us. To this end, civil
society organizations have fulfilled their duty. We will be receiving a
detailed report today.”
Reporting that
advisement sets for the improvement of investment environment have been
delivered to the relevant ministries and ministers, Elvan stated that they
would be finalizing some of the more concrete suggestions.”