All evaluations, including economics, give accurate results when made with the relative comparison method. If you can make a positive difference compared to your counterparts, you are considered successful. If your country’s economy is growing and other countries are growing faster than you, this means you are falling behind. It is also possible to think the opposite. If there is a similar situation in other countries while your economy is declining, this is a sign that you remain stable.
While the world was trying to cope with an epidemic perhaps unprecedented in its history, the global economic system was also negatively affected by this situation. Country economies, gross national products, commodity prices, demand and many other economic indicators are going backwards. Our country, like most countries in the world, has experienced and is still experiencing economic losses in this process. However, when making this assessment, it is necessary to take into account that the world’s well-established and developed economies also face great difficulties. Global brands are closing stores, laying off workers, countries are being dragged under heavy debts, the economic system is changing and transforming, and the infrastructure of a completely different future is being prepared. Undoubtedly, we will be able to learn the causes and consequences of this process only years later. However, there is a fact that countries, companies and regions that understand this complex period rationally will take a serious offensive and gain rapid momentum after the pandemic. Our country is one of the countries that will make a leap forward. With its production infrastructure, dynamic and young population, domestic market potential and stable structure, Turkey is a candidate to become the production base of the world, especially our region. While this fact is constantly voiced by many wise economists of the world, the daily economic fluctuations should be perceived as the footsteps of this process. Even though it makes us tired in terms of timing, it is possible to attract buyers from all over the world to our country if we strengthen Turkey’s production power with competitive costs. Crises also bring opportunities. During this epidemic phase, our companies should develop their infrastructure digitally and focus on new sales, service and communication methods. Following the process, Turkey will be the center of attraction in the region in terms of both demand and network. We will see this by experiencing it together. Even though we are going through a financially fragile period, let’s not forget that we are not alone. Almost all the developed economies of the world are seeking to find solutions to the same problems. Global businesses are now leaving aside the unipolar production model centered in the Far East. This will bring us brand new business opportunities. While our country is a candidate to become the production base of the Eurasian region in every sense, businesses that can solve the codes of the future will benefit from this process. Laleli’s infrastructure, especially for global trade, is inevitably affected by this negative process, but Laleli is one of the regions that will rise commercially after the epidemic process. With its physical infrastructure that has been invested in for many years, its perspective that brings fashion and commerce together, its advanced and experienced staff, its well-established businesses, its tourism potential and its location advantage, Laleli will be the showcase and trade center of our country and the region. Of course, we will go through certain tests so that we can walk into the future stronger and more ready. Even though Laleli has been injured by numerous crises in the past, she has emerged stronger and will overcome this epidemic process by gaining brand new experiences and knowledge. What follows will bring us a period in which brand new doors will open for each of our companies. Laleli, which is the dynamo of our country in terms of economy and tourism, will be the center of a completely different and much more effective change with a method that combines trade with technology. For this reason, our companies must prepare for the future with patience and acumen, without losing motivation or losing faith. Let’s not forget that the future is ours. we’ll come
Kind regards,
Giyasettin Eyyüpkoca