The April Assembly Meeting of the Konya Chamber of Industry, which was established on April 25, 1974, was held specifically for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the chamber. At the meeting, the 50th anniversary cake was cut with the participation of Konya Chamber of Industry President Mustafa Büyükeğen, Assembly President Memiş Kütükcü, and members of the assembly and professional committee. Speaking at the assembly meeting, Konya Chamber of Industry Minister Mustafa Büyükeğen emphasized that KSO, which was established 50 years ago with 8 professional committees and 165 industrialists, has reached 2 thousand 345 members in 24 professional committees today.
Stating that Konya Chamber of Industry’s capacity to produce corporate services to industrialists and its membership structure continues to improve day by day, Büyükeğen said, “The work we do regarding our sectors, our Innopark Technology Development Zone, our Energy Efficiency Study Center, our Ahitürk Vocational Qualification Certification Center, which focuses on increasing the R&D innovation capacity of our region.” We support the development of our city and country with our clustering activities and other projects. All of these works of ours are valuable. I would like to thank all our industrialists who contributed to these projects. “Hopefully, we will celebrate our 50th anniversary with a Konya Industry Night that we will organize with the participation of all our members,” he said.
While President Büyükeğen thanked the professional committee and council members, council presidents, board presidents, members and professional employees who have served the Konya Chamber of Industry since its establishment, he also wished God’s mercy to those who passed away.
Konya aspires for high value-added investments in the Marmara Region
Emphasizing in his speech that Konya aspires to strategic investments with high added value in the Marmara region in the new period, Mayor Büyükeğen continued as follows: “The possible Istanbul-centered Marmara Earthquake in our country has the potential to reach a level that will not only cause great loss of life but also threaten the economic security of our country.” owner. As Konya Chamber of Industry, we have always argued that this risk should be distributed, stated that Konya is an alternative industrial city to the Marmara Region, and aspired for large-scale strategic investments, especially those with high added value. Our study titled ‘A New Development Strategy for Konya’, which we conducted with TEPAV, will shed light on this claim. “This work includes not only our advantages and strong muscles, but also the areas we need to improve.”
Konya is an ideal candidate for investments that will shift from Istanbul
Turkish Economic Policy Research Foundation (TEPAV) Director Prof. was the guest of the parliamentary meeting. Dr. Güven Sak also made a presentation titled “Opportunities of Turkey and Konya in the 21st Century” and evaluated the opportunities of the coming period. Underlining that the share of medium and high-skilled sectors in Konya’s exports is above Turkey’s average, Sak stated that Konya is an ideal candidate for investments that will shift from Istanbul. Sak said, “Konya is the 8th province with the most competitive sectors in Turkey, with 219 competitive sectors. It ranks 6th in Turkey with 83 competitive manufacturing sectors. The region has made significant progress over the last 30 years. Additionally, Konya has an export basket with high added value. Machinery sector and motor vehicle exports constitute almost half of Konya’s total exports. Therefore, Konya and the Konya-Ankara region are ideal candidates for investments that will shift from Istanbul,” he said.
Emphasizing in his presentation that Konya and the Central Anatolia Region have the ability to become a new industrial region in the new period, Sak said: “Companies in Istanbul have entered the process of searching for a location. When we look at Ankara along with Konya, the similarities with Istanbul are striking. The fact that Konya has an export basket with high added value shows Konya’s advantage.”
Touching on the green transformation process in his presentation, Sak added that Turkey has no chance of being left out of the process.
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