88. Izmir International Fair Izmir International Business Days of Meetings organized within the "Turkey Economy, Trade and Environment undertaking" began with the session.

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce, hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and organized by IZFAS 88. Izmir International Fair Izmir Business Days meetings started. The 13 official delegation from the 5 country, including the deputy minister of 40, the minister of industry, economy and trade, is attending the meetings, which will become the center of international trade for two days. In addition to ministers, Business Days include ambassadors, bureaucrats, chambers of industry and commerce and various business organizations.

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor opened the Business Days, which started this morning with the session titled “Introducing the Turkish Economy, Business and Trade Environment”, in which the opportunities, collaborations and technical infrastructures in the Turkish and Izmir economy were introduced. Tunç Soyer made. In the first session of İzmir Business Days, representatives of the Ministry of Commerce, Presidency Investment Office, İzmir University of Economics and Eximbank made presentations on investment opportunities in İzmir and Turkey.

“Izmir is the Capital of Asia Minor”

In his opening speech, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor mentioned that the commercial potential of İzmir has a history of 8 years. Tunç Soyer“İzmir, which was established as a port city, has always been a commercial city; Since the early 1800s, it has become one of the wealthiest and most developed metropolises in the world. A significant part of the trade of the period took place in İzmir, which has the most developed port of the Levant Region, which is generally described as "the place where the sun rises" in the West. For this very reason, researchers define İzmir as the “Capital of Asia Minor”.

Mayor Soyer said, biri One of the fundamental approaches we have developed based on the historical basis of İzmir is to bring together investors from different parts of our country and the world. I believe that İş Izmir Business Days eden, which serves this purpose, will make valuable contributions to the valuable business people of Izmir, our city and our country. ”

Iz Our goal is to bring together international investors and win together ”

Stating that they aim to shape the future based on the historical basis of İzmir, Mayor Soyer said, olarak As İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, we have prepared an innovative strategy based on this historical basis of İzmir. Perhaps the two things that integrate all these goals in our strategy are economy and democracy. One of the basic approaches of our new strategy is to bring together investors from different parts of our country and the world to pave the way for them to win together. Today, we are hosting a meeting that serves this purpose. Erek

“New Silk Road Project has an important place among our strategic goals”

President Tunç SoyerUnderlining that the Turkish leg of the New Silk Road Project, announced as One Belt One Road by the partner country of the fair, is a door opening from east to west, he made the following statements: It is our greatest hope that it will continue. Within the framework of this cooperation, it will be possible to develop cooperation on transportation networks, including highways, railways and ports. This also holds a very important place among our strategic goals. I wish that these meetings will carry out studies that will make very valuable contributions to sector representatives, valuable business people of Izmir, Izmir and our country in areas where trade between China and our country stands out. I hope that all our guest countries, especially the People's Republic of China, will evaluate the investment opportunities in İzmir and our country and develop their cooperation”.

Dengeli We attach importance to the balanced development of trade ”

G. Müge Varol Ilıcak, the General Director of Foreign Representatives and International Events, who managed the sessions, stated that they have realized İzmir Business Days with increasing acceleration in order to contribute to the intercultural interaction mission of the fair and said: amacıyla We are taking part in the fair with the participation of international state level. We are confident that these contributions will give a positive impetus to our trade, economic, cultural and all relations between our countries. The fact that the People's Republic of China is the partner country of this year has strengthened our hands. As of the year 2018, our country's trade volume with China is around 23,6 billion dollars. After Germany and Russia, China is the largest trade mark. These figures prove how much we attach importance to the development of trade on a balanced basis..

commercial map of Izmir and Turkey were removed

This session also, Ministry of Commerce Ministry of Commerce Research Assistant General Manager Recep information while Turkey's overall economic outlook for iron and foreign trade; Presidential Investment Office Project Manager Ahmet Cuneyt Selcuk deals with the investment environment in Turkey told. International loans and financial opportunities were announced by Suzan Usta, Head of International Loans Department at Eximbank; Lecturer at Izmir University of Economics, Department of International Trade and Finance. Dr. Coşkun Küçüközmen made an economic map of İzmir and made a presentation on trade potential.

On the first day of the meetings, country presentations of Senegal, Maldives, Bhutan, Gambia, Hungary, Ecuador and Macedonia and bilateral business meetings will continue throughout the day. On the second day of the meetings, the Turkey-China People's Republic Business Forum will be held. Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, China International Trade Support Council (CCPIT) Vice President Zhang Shenfeng, People of China, participated in the forum to be held with the aim of planning the image of China and Turkey, cooperation between institutions and local municipalities, especially the "One Belt One Road - Modern Silk Road Project". Republic of Ankara Ambassador Deng Li, DEİK Turkey-China Business Council Chairman Murat Kolbaşı, Communist Party of the People's Republic of China Chengdu Municipality Party Secretary Fan Ruiping, CCPIT Shanghai Vice President Cao Jinxi and İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer will attend.

The 18 country that participated in the Izmir Business Days, which will become the center of international trade for two days, at the level of the minister and deputy minister of 40 is as follows:

Bhutan, Gambia, Nicaragua, Ivory, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Somalia, Congo, Northern Macedonia, Ghana, Myanmar, People's Republic of China, Turkmenistan, Andorra, Cuba, Thailand, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tatarstan , Uzbekistan, Botswana, South Sudan, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Hungary, Niger, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Togo, Guinea Bissau, Brunei, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Gabon.