TÜSİAD has been a member of the Confederation of European Business (BusinessEurope), the umbrella organization representing the European private sector, since 1987. TÜSİAD represents Turkey in BusinessEurope together with the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK). The TÜSİAD EU-Brussels Representative Office serves as a permanent delegation of BusinessEurope, in which a total of 41 industrialists and employer federations from 35 European countries are represented.