IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu participated the Turkey-EU High Level Economic Dialogue meeting in Brussels on 8 December 2017. The meeting was organised under the co-presidency of Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek and European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Jyrki Katainen. Turkey’s Minister of Customs and Trade Bülent Tüfenkci and Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci came together with European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici.

During the session on the business world dialogue, together with IKV, umbrella organisations from Turkey and the EU (TOBB, TUSIAD, TIM, TESK, DEIK, MUSIAD, YASED, TURKONFED, TISK, KAGIDER, TEPAV, EUROCHAMBRES, Business Europe, UEAPME and the European Services Forum), representatives of the private sector, ministers from Turkish cabinet, Commission members, representatives of international financial organisations based in the EU (European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Council of Europe Development Bank) exchanged their views regarding the enhancement of economic interaction and collaboration along with the improvement of workplace environment. After having emphasised the significance of the modernisation of the Customs Union between Turkey and the EU, IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu shared the results of 2017 opinion survey conducted by IKV.