Economy Coordination Board convened

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Lerato Khumalo

The Economy Coordination Board (EKK) convened under the chairmanship of Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz.

The meeting at the Presidential Complex was attended by Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat, AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler, AK Party Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitaş, AK Party Deputy Chairman Nihat Zeybekci and Ahmet Baha Öğütken, Presidential Strategy and Budget Chairman İbrahim Şenel, Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance. İsmail İlhan Hatipoğlu and Osman Çelik, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security Faruk Özçelik, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Zafer Demircan, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Mehmet Cangir, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Zekeriya Çoştu, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ahmet Bağcı, Deputy Minister of Trade Özgür Volkan Ağar, Presidential Investment and Finance Office President Burak Dağlıoğlu, General Manager of Turkey Wealth Fund Salim Arda Ermut, General Manager of Istanbul Financial Center Ahmet İhsan. Erdem attended.

At the meeting, where structural reform actions within the scope of the Medium Term Program will be evaluated, studies on the employment of international workforce and the “One Stop Office” application will be discussed.

A written statement is expected to be made after the meeting.