Thrace Economy Meeting at BAU

Many prominent names attended the meeting titled "The İstanbul Meeting of the Keşan-İpsala-Enez-Saros Gulf Region in the Economy," held at the Fazıl Say Hall by Bahçeşehir University and the Keşan Executives and Businesspeople Association (KEYİAD).

TÜSİAD President Ümit Boyner, CHP Tekirdağ Member of Parliament Faik Öztrak, and members of KEYİAD and TRYİAD came together to discuss recent economic developments in both the Thrace Region and Türkiye.

At the meeting, CHP Tekirdağ Member of Parliament Faik Öztrak, KEYİAD President Ahmet Eler, and Şapçı Group of Companies Chair of the Board and netmoda.com founder Akın Şapçı provided important information about the regional economy. Akın Şapçı said: "I would like to thank Bahçeşehir University Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel very much for launching the CO-OP project in Türkiye and, by pioneering private sector-university cooperation, giving us the opportunity to offer our young people and their creativity opportunities through netmoda.com."

Among the speakers at the meeting, TÜSİAD President Ümit Boyner said: "For economic development in Türkiye, it is very important for associations, independent business organizations and civil society organizations to cooperate with universities. I therefore extend my thanks to Bahçeşehir University for hosting this meeting." Boyner then moved on to her talk titled "Expectations and Outlook for the Economy in 2013" and shared with participants the recent developments in Türkiye and those expected in the economy in the coming year. Following her speech, TÜSİAD President Ümit Boyner was presented with a "Lifetime Achievement" award.

In his speech, Bahçeşehir University Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel underlined that economic progress in the coming years depends first on "quality education", saying: "It is said that Türkiye will have a working population of 65 million in 2040. Economic development in Türkiye can be achieved through a quality workforce, and a quality workforce comes through quality education. We are ready to do our best in this regard. I thank all our citizens from Thrace who are here today. We have opened campuses and schools in many countries around the world. We will open one in Keşan as well."