One year ago the Turkish Republic experienced a coup attempt on the night of July 15. As we expressed in a statement which was published in the international media immediately after the attempted coup: “Interventions against democracy can only be prevented by further raising democratic standards and strengthening the rule of law.” Security and freedom are not mutually exclusive, on the contrary, they are fundamental priorities that complement one another.

58 CEOs and Presidents of Business Associations call upon the G20 to take decisive actions in shaping globalization.

The most effective sources for displaying Turkey’s political and economic strength in the world are the qualities of democracy, rule of law, and freedoms.

Human history has made its most important political, economic, social and scientific advances on the European continent and the surrounding region. On the other hand, Europe has also suffered political, ethnic, sectarian, and economic conflict for centuries.

TÜSİAD strongly believes in the importance of following closely all the developments relevant to the integration of Industry 4.0 process at all stages of the value chain in other countries that we are competing with or in advanced economies we aim to reach. Within this framework, we have designed a cooperation project on the topic Industry 4.0 with the Berlin - based European School of Management and Technology (ESMT¹) last year, which has already carried out substantial studies about digital transformation.