IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu participated in the digital forum on “Customs Union: A Business Perspective” organised under the coordination of TOBB and the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) with contributions from EU Bilateral Chambers of Commerce, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, IKV, and the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) on 19 November 2020.

The opening speeches of the meeting were delivered by Deputy Minister of Trade Gonca Yılmaz Batur and IKV Chairman and TOBB Vice President Ayhan Zeytinoğlu. In the panel, held following the presentation of a report prepared by TEPAV, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas delivered a speech. During the panel, the participants highlighted the need for the modernisation of the Customs Union and stressed the crucial importance for the negotiations to kick off as soon as possible.