Aegean's Sustainability Investments Will Increase

During the visit, due to the lack of space for surface parking in the old districts of the city; EİB Coordinator President Jak Eskinazi emphasized that "underground car parks should be built and expanded" and said, "Izmirli brand of Iztarım, which was established under the leadership of our President Tunç in order to add added value to the products of Izmir producers and create new markets, started exporting and made a rapid development in agricultural product production and exports. It is of particular value to us that they first realized this in our national participation organization, thanks to the New York Fancy Food Fair. Therefore, the mission of the Izmirli brand to support small producers and enable them to export their products all over the world must be continued.” he said.

PRIVATIZATION OF ALSANCAK PORT

Jak Eskinazi, “Atatürk Cad. and Liman Cad. The intersection of Alsancak to Bornova and KarşıyakaTraffic in the square where Alsancak Train Station is located, which is the only exit to , becomes a big hassle, especially in the evening hours. For this reason, it is necessary to ensure the fluidity of traffic immediately by taking it underground with submerged outputs. Privatization of Alsancak Port: Our Alsancak Port, which lost its role in previous years to the ports in Aliağa because it did not respond to today's needs and had insufficient capacity, is of great importance for our country's foreign trade. "Alsancak, which has been Turkey's highest volume port in importing inputs for our exports in the past years, should be allowed to be privatized in order to regain its former power and increase its contribution to our foreign trade." said.

Emphasizing that Izmir was the city where exports started during the Ottoman period, President Eskinazi said, “It is the most important communication point of the Empire with the West. Behind the intellectual identity and multiculturalism of this city lies its close relationship with the West thanks to exports. In the history of the city, in its mortar; It would be appropriate to open an export museum in order to show exports, which are an important building block, to both new generations and foreign buyers visiting our city. "Carrying out such a project with our Metropolitan Municipality in one of our historical inns, where figs and tobacco were processed for export centuries ago, will reveal the importance of Izmir in our exports."

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel said, “Turkey's export-import coverage ratio in 2023 remained at 70,7 percent, but the Aegean Region's export-import coverage ratio was 203 percent. If Türkiye were like Izmir, its problems would be solved. We will attach great importance to sustainability in Izmir. Good Agriculture, Organic Agriculture and Education will be the main topics we will focus on. At a time when the world is talking about industry 5.0, as CHP, we will read this change correctly and realize the concept of labor 5.0 with all our stakeholders. Sustainable development is our first priority. The issues we will focus on are the high inflation dilemma, access to finance in exports, the European Union Green Deal, the carbon tax mechanism at the border, and increasing women's representation in decision-making bodies in cities that are pioneers of change, such as Izmir. 6,5 billion of the 3,5 billion TL R&D budget in the Aegean Region comes from Izmir. The only municipality in Turkey that has fulfilled sustainability requirements Karşıyaka It is a municipality. Karşıyaka Today, the Municipality receives consultancy from 5 people who know sustainability in Turkey very well. In this sense, the valuable experiences of Cemil Tugay, who completed his sustainability vision 4 years ago, and the experiences of you, our exporters, will help Izmir come a long way. We want to make Izmir the capital of tourism. Izmir must be one of the most important fair cities in the world. "From now on, we hope to meet frequently and have good relations to make your voice heard." said.