TÜSİAD, the Turkish Industry and Business Association ( Turkish: Türk Sanayicileri ve İş İnsanları Derneği), is Turkey's top business organization.
Founded in 1971, TÃœSÄ°AD is a voluntary, independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting public welfare through private enterprise. TÃœSÄ°AD promotes principles of participatory democracy, a competitive market economy, environmental sustainability, and universal freedoms and human rights. The Association supports independent research and policy discussions on important social and economic issues in Turkey and abroad. TÃœSÄ°AD is composed of CEOs and executives from major industrial and service companies in Turkey, including Fortune 500 companies. The current Chairman is Simone Kaslowski, and the Secretary-General (CEO) is Bahadir Kaleagasi.
About
TÜSİAD represents more than 4,000 member companies, which represent half of Turkey's value-added, 80% of Turkey’s total foreign trade volume, more than 50% of private sector employment, and 80% of corporate tax revenue.
Structure
TÃœSÄ°AD headquarters are in Istanbul, and there are seven representative offices: Ankara, Brussels, Washington, D.C., Paris, Berlin, Beijing, and London.
TÃœSÄ°AD's activities are structured around round tables led by members of the board of directors and 36 working groups.
TÃœSÄ°AD partners with the Brookings Institution, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). [1]
TÃœSÄ°AD is a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), [2] Global Business Coalition, [3] and BusinessEurope. [4]
Political Context
TÃœSÄ°AD is considered Turkey's secular, pro-Westernization business organization (For its pious Muslim counterpart, see MÃœSÄ°AD). [5] In the early 2000s, TÃœSIAD coordinated heavily with the newly elected AKP majority, with the shared aim of joining the European Union. [6] TÃœSIAD is also credited with laying the groundwork for Turkish support for the Annan Plan on Cyprus. [7] However, as the EU accession process began to deteriorate in 2006, then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's administration reversed course away from the EU, driving a wedge between the two. Since then, TÃœSÄ°AD has embarked on a project of public diplomacy, opening representative offices in European capitals and Washington, D.C. to engage and collaborate with relevant actors in the private sector and the general public. [5]
In June 2016, TÜSİAD released a statement criticizing a proposed law which would enhance the government’s authority to appoint boards of trustees for companies. The controversial article was later removed from the law. [8]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized TÜSİAD on multiple occasions. In April 2015, Erdoğan was critical of comments made about the Turkish economy. [9] In December 2014, Erdoğan criticized the organization for apparently sidestepping his office after then TÜSİAD President Haluk Dinçer explained the organization works with the prime minister and ministers whose business is related to the organization’s efforts, not the president. [10]
Though occasionally at odds politically with the ruling AKP, they are a united front on economic matters; immediately following the July 15th 2016 coup attempt, TÃœSIAD took out ads in major world newspapers [11] and held high-level meetings with American and European think tanks, NGOs, and government officials in tandem with Turkish government officials in order to brandish Turkey's image abroad and reassure investors of Turkey's economic and political health. [5] [12] [13]
Presidents
- 1971–1979 Feyyaz Berker
- 1980–1984 Ali Koçman
- 1985 Şahap Kocatopçu
- 1986 Sakıp Sabancı
- 1987–1988 Ömer Dinçkök
- 1989–1990 Cem Boyner
- 1991–1992 Bülent Eczacıbaşı
- 1993–1996 Halis Komili
- 1997–1998 Muharrem Kayhan
- 1999–2000 Erkut Yücaoğlu
- 2001–2003 Tuncay Özilhan
- 2004–2006 Ömer Sabancı
- 2007–2009 Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ
- 2010–2013 Ümit Nazlı Boyner
- 2013–2014 Muharrem Yılmaz
- 2014–2015 Haluk Dinçer
- 2015–2017 Cansen Başaran–Symes
- 2017–2019 Erol Bilecik
- 2019–2022 Simone Kaslowski
- 2022-Present Orhan Turan
External links
References
- ^ "Ä°ÅŸbirlikleri". tusiad.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Our Members".
- ^ "Global Business Coalition Members". www.b20coalition.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Members of BusinessEurope".
- ^ a b c Büyüktanır, Derya (Winter 2018). "Public Diplomacy Activities of TÜSİAD and MÜSİAD During the AK Party Era". Akademik Bakış. 11 (23): 80–84. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ Yavuz, Devrim (2010). "Testing Large Business's Commitment to Democracy: Business Organizations and the Secular–Muslim Conflict in Turkey". Government and Opposition. 45 (1): 73, 81–85. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2009.01296.x. JSTOR 44482704.
- ^ KiriÅŸci, Kemal (2009). "The transformation of Turkish foreign policy: The rise of the trading state". New Perspectives on Turkey. 40: 47.
- ^ "Kayyum düzenlemesi değiştirildi". Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Turkish President Erdoğan slams TÜSİAD chairwoman over economy remarks - BUSINESS". Hürriyet Daily News | LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "TÜSİAD'a muhatap resti". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ Benmayor, Gila. "Why is TÜSİAD's advertisement important?". Hürriyet Daily News. Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Maatbacılık A.S. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ Ayhan, ÅžimÅŸek. "TUSIAD lobbying in Germany to restore confidence". Anadolu Agency. AA. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ "TÃœSÄ°AD Board of Directors Concludes Washington Visit". TÃœSÄ°AD. TÃœSÄ°AD Washington Representative Office. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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TÜSİAD, the Turkish Industry and Business Association ( Turkish: Türk Sanayicileri ve İş İnsanları Derneği), is Turkey's top business organization.
Founded in 1971, TÃœSÄ°AD is a voluntary, independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting public welfare through private enterprise. TÃœSÄ°AD promotes principles of participatory democracy, a competitive market economy, environmental sustainability, and universal freedoms and human rights. The Association supports independent research and policy discussions on important social and economic issues in Turkey and abroad. TÃœSÄ°AD is composed of CEOs and executives from major industrial and service companies in Turkey, including Fortune 500 companies. The current Chairman is Simone Kaslowski, and the Secretary-General (CEO) is Bahadir Kaleagasi.
About
TÜSİAD represents more than 4,000 member companies, which represent half of Turkey's value-added, 80% of Turkey’s total foreign trade volume, more than 50% of private sector employment, and 80% of corporate tax revenue.
Structure
TÃœSÄ°AD headquarters are in Istanbul, and there are seven representative offices: Ankara, Brussels, Washington, D.C., Paris, Berlin, Beijing, and London.
TÃœSÄ°AD's activities are structured around round tables led by members of the board of directors and 36 working groups.
TÃœSÄ°AD partners with the Brookings Institution, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). [1]
TÃœSÄ°AD is a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), [2] Global Business Coalition, [3] and BusinessEurope. [4]
Political Context
TÃœSÄ°AD is considered Turkey's secular, pro-Westernization business organization (For its pious Muslim counterpart, see MÃœSÄ°AD). [5] In the early 2000s, TÃœSIAD coordinated heavily with the newly elected AKP majority, with the shared aim of joining the European Union. [6] TÃœSIAD is also credited with laying the groundwork for Turkish support for the Annan Plan on Cyprus. [7] However, as the EU accession process began to deteriorate in 2006, then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's administration reversed course away from the EU, driving a wedge between the two. Since then, TÃœSÄ°AD has embarked on a project of public diplomacy, opening representative offices in European capitals and Washington, D.C. to engage and collaborate with relevant actors in the private sector and the general public. [5]
In June 2016, TÜSİAD released a statement criticizing a proposed law which would enhance the government’s authority to appoint boards of trustees for companies. The controversial article was later removed from the law. [8]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized TÜSİAD on multiple occasions. In April 2015, Erdoğan was critical of comments made about the Turkish economy. [9] In December 2014, Erdoğan criticized the organization for apparently sidestepping his office after then TÜSİAD President Haluk Dinçer explained the organization works with the prime minister and ministers whose business is related to the organization’s efforts, not the president. [10]
Though occasionally at odds politically with the ruling AKP, they are a united front on economic matters; immediately following the July 15th 2016 coup attempt, TÃœSIAD took out ads in major world newspapers [11] and held high-level meetings with American and European think tanks, NGOs, and government officials in tandem with Turkish government officials in order to brandish Turkey's image abroad and reassure investors of Turkey's economic and political health. [5] [12] [13]
Presidents
- 1971–1979 Feyyaz Berker
- 1980–1984 Ali Koçman
- 1985 Şahap Kocatopçu
- 1986 Sakıp Sabancı
- 1987–1988 Ömer Dinçkök
- 1989–1990 Cem Boyner
- 1991–1992 Bülent Eczacıbaşı
- 1993–1996 Halis Komili
- 1997–1998 Muharrem Kayhan
- 1999–2000 Erkut Yücaoğlu
- 2001–2003 Tuncay Özilhan
- 2004–2006 Ömer Sabancı
- 2007–2009 Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ
- 2010–2013 Ümit Nazlı Boyner
- 2013–2014 Muharrem Yılmaz
- 2014–2015 Haluk Dinçer
- 2015–2017 Cansen Başaran–Symes
- 2017–2019 Erol Bilecik
- 2019–2022 Simone Kaslowski
- 2022-Present Orhan Turan
External links
References
- ^ "Ä°ÅŸbirlikleri". tusiad.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Our Members".
- ^ "Global Business Coalition Members". www.b20coalition.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Members of BusinessEurope".
- ^ a b c Büyüktanır, Derya (Winter 2018). "Public Diplomacy Activities of TÜSİAD and MÜSİAD During the AK Party Era". Akademik Bakış. 11 (23): 80–84. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ Yavuz, Devrim (2010). "Testing Large Business's Commitment to Democracy: Business Organizations and the Secular–Muslim Conflict in Turkey". Government and Opposition. 45 (1): 73, 81–85. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.2009.01296.x. JSTOR 44482704.
- ^ KiriÅŸci, Kemal (2009). "The transformation of Turkish foreign policy: The rise of the trading state". New Perspectives on Turkey. 40: 47.
- ^ "Kayyum düzenlemesi değiştirildi". Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Turkish President Erdoğan slams TÜSİAD chairwoman over economy remarks - BUSINESS". Hürriyet Daily News | LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ "TÜSİAD'a muhatap resti". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ Benmayor, Gila. "Why is TÜSİAD's advertisement important?". Hürriyet Daily News. Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Maatbacılık A.S. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ Ayhan, ÅžimÅŸek. "TUSIAD lobbying in Germany to restore confidence". Anadolu Agency. AA. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ "TÃœSÄ°AD Board of Directors Concludes Washington Visit". TÃœSÄ°AD. TÃœSÄ°AD Washington Representative Office. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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