Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) President Nail Olpak, regarding the meeting they held with Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, said, “What all (participants) said is this: We had a meeting that we missed and desired. There are no question marks in our minds. We will be the winners of the process.” said.
Olpak made evaluations to the AA correspondent regarding the DEİK Talks program, which hosted Minister Albayrak and was held via video conferencing.
Stating that more than 500 DEIK members attended the meeting, which they have been wanting to hold for a long time, Olpak said that they asked Albayrak the questions they received from the members and business council presidents beforehand, without any restrictions.
Noting that they asked Albayrak about questions such as whether Turkey’s foreign exchange reserves are sufficient, whether the CBRT’s reserves have decreased, whether it has difficulty in providing foreign currency liquidity to the market, Olpak said, “All issues, from swap studies to whether restrictions will be imposed on capital, were discussed frankly with both me and me.” “It was also asked by our members. The meeting lasted a little longer than we expected, exceeding 2.5 hours. Our Minister answered all these questions open-heartedly, one by one, without refraining from asking.” he said.
Olpak stated that they also evaluated the opportunities available to Turkey during the period and said, “Because Turkey has differentiated itself with its performance in managing the process both in terms of health and economy. This separation has advantages for us as of today, and its advantages in the future are also important for us.” he said.
Olpak explained that those who trust others without breaking the supply and supply chain in this process will win from now on and said, “A rich market like Europe has seen how important it is not to depend on a single supplier.” said.
Olpak said that the country’s investment attractiveness will be increased and continued for possible investments to be made in this context.
“Türkiye is one of the countries with the freest capital movement regime”
DEIK President Olpak said, “In such a confused environment, the messages given by our minister, who is the head of the economic management, were important for all of us.” he said.
Stating that the exchange rate has returned to the feverish levels of two years ago, Olpak said that thanks to the economic program put forward at that time, the targets were achieved and 2020 was well entered.
Olpak stated that the predictions of Minister Albayrak, who is the head of the economic management that has achieved the targets, for 2020 and beyond are important for them, and made the following statements:
“If he seemed pessimistic, we would be pessimistic too. He stated once again that they would stick to the program and act within the framework of the new Economic Program. We are not in any trouble with our foreign exchange reserves, there is no problem with our liabilities, and we will continue to support capital as it has been done so far.” “He stated that no restrictions were considered and that Turkey is one of the countries with the freest capital movement regime. As DEIK President, I left the meeting as a businessman who trusts ourselves, our country, our nation, our state and our administrators.”
Olpak stated that they came out of the meeting with clearer minds and their question marks were resolved, and said, “I received many messages from the participants after the meeting. What they all said is this: we had a meeting that we missed and desired. There are no question marks in our minds. We trust our country, our state and our nation. We will also overcome today’s problem.” “We will come like the previous ones and we will be the winners of the next period. These are what were expressed to me very clearly.” said.
“The meeting was very comprehensive and productive”
DEİK Turkey-Netherlands Business Council President Murat Özyeğin stated that Minister Albayrak answered all questions openly and in detail, and that the meeting was very productive.
Stating that Turkey has passed a very important test in the field of health and achieved a valuable gain, Özyeğin explained that this gain will have significant benefits for the country.
Özyeğin said, “We will all work together to bring back both domestic and foreign trade as much as possible in the coming period. We had a comprehensive, productive and good meeting with Minister Albayrak about bringing foreign trade to its previous levels or even further as soon as possible.” said.
