The tenth World Turkish Business Council (DTIK) Congress won’t solely present a chance for strengthening friendships however is predicted to comprehend a vital process by way of enhancing commerce, the president of Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) famous Sunday.
Operating underneath the umbrella of DEIK and chaired by its president, Nail Olpak, the council will host the congress in Istanbul on Sept. 15 and 16, bringing collectively essentially the most profitable names within the Turkish diaspora who’ve made a world influence.
The occasion, which will probably be attended by Turkish and Türkiye-friendly business executives dwelling overseas, managers of worldwide corporations, entrepreneurs, economists, consultants, artists, athletes, politicians, bureaucrats and lecturers, will carry collectively greater than 2,000 representatives of the diaspora.
Olpak instructed Anadolu Agency (AA) that there are greater than 6 million members of the Turkish diaspora who’ve settled all over the world and mentioned they’re predominantly in Germany, adopted by France, the Netherlands and Austria.
Noting that there are variations from nation to nation as a result of formation of the diaspora construction, he mentioned: “We can associate the diaspora with concepts such as migration and being forced to migrate. However, we see it as the power created by migration rather than migration.”
“How can we evaluate this migration as soft power? As DEIK and DTIK, we are working for this power to play the most effective role for Türkiye,” he added.
Pointing out the significance of cooperation with pleasant diasporas, Olpak mentioned that Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Pakistan and Hungary are nations with a powerful diaspora connection to Türkiye.
He mentioned Türkiye ought to leverage its diaspora energy extra actively and successfully.
“There is a very large Turkish population in Germany, but we have a diaspora in many countries outside Germany,” he burdened.
“For instance, we have now a diaspora of over 400,000 folks dwelling in France. The Armenian inhabitants in France is nearly as large. If we ask one another whether or not we have now affect or what the notion is, sadly, our affect there may be not on the stage we want.
“There may be different reasons for this. But as DTIK, we are affected by the country where our diaspora is located. We want it to be the one influencing the decision-making mechanism of the country, rather than the other way around,” he added.
Olpak mentioned that because the businesspeople, athletes and lecturers inside the Turkish diaspora change into extra influential within the nation they dwell in fairly than being affected, the best way will probably be paved for the diaspora to change into a more practical gentle energy.
He mentioned Türkiye’s most vital asset to attain its objectives is its manpower.
“With this understanding, we see our 6 million residents dwelling overseas as an indispensable ingredient of energy.
“As the Turkish business world, we must unite our citizens living in the diaspora around the same global goals and in line with these goals,” he burdened.
Olpak mentioned DTIK was established in 1996 to unite Turks dwelling overseas round widespread objectives and famous that it’s a unifying power as a platform fairly than an umbrella group.
Touching on the occasion, he mentioned they are going to carry collectively greater than 2,000 friends from overseas and business folks from Türkiye with each panels and B2B conferences.
“We won’t solely speak in regards to the diaspora. We purpose to extend the ability of our diaspora by integrating our businesspeople dwelling overseas with the businesspeople within the nation.
“In other words, we have prepared a program that will enable our participants to be active.”
He mentioned that DEIK continues its actions in a really large geography to strengthen the dynamics of the Turkish economic system and to hold the ability of the nation to the world.
During the occasion, alternatives for the Turkish diaspora and issues confronted by the diaspora will probably be mentioned by skilled entrepreneurs, consultants, lecturers and representatives of public establishments, he famous.
Within the scope of the congress, which will probably be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a panel titled “Organization of Turkic States: 5 States One Diaspora” will probably be held underneath the chairpersonship of the secretary normal of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), Kubanchbek Omuraliyev.
The panel will probably be attended by the economic system, commerce, trade and overseas affairs ministers and officers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Hungary, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Turkmenistan and Türkiye.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
