MÜSİAD INVEST 3rd International Investment Networking Program
28 November 2024
Esteemed Participants,
Esteemed Business People and Distinguished Members of Our MÜSİAD Family,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I greet you all with my deepest respect and affection.
Today we are together on the occasion of the MÜSİAD INVEST 3rd International Investment Networking Program, which we are holding within the scope of our 20th MÜSİAD EXPO fair. As with the previous ones, God willing, I hope that today's meeting will also be extremely productive and fruitful.
Esteemed Participants,
This event, one of the largest trade fairs in Türkiye and in our region, is an indicator not only of MÜSİAD's but also of our country's growing role in world trade and of its economic strength.
With MÜSİAD EXPO, for a week we have been in an almost festive atmosphere. We have experienced, and continue to experience, yet another unique MÜSİAD fair in which trade and bilateral business meetings come together with economic solidarity, the bond of brotherhood and our understanding of the “Medina Market”, and in which mutual consultations and, more often than not, good wishes are shared.
Our fair and our INVEST International Investment Networking Program will make important contributions both to Türkiye's economic goals and to the understanding of global cooperation. I thank you for the support you have given to this meaningful event by honouring us with your presence, and I respectfully greet each one of you.
Esteemed Guests,
This year too, MÜSİAD EXPO has become a centre where the heart of the international business world beats. Introducing Türkiye's economic strength, its industrial infrastructure and the dynamism of its business world to the entire world, this fair has been a platform where collaborations and partnerships are established and visionary projects are brought to life.
Today, with the MÜSİAD INVEST 3rd International Investment Networking Program, one of the most important events of this fair, we are together in order to further strengthen the global connections of the business world. Praise be to God, thanks to this platform Türkiye's investment appeal is once again demonstrated, and the strong ecosystem we have built as MÜSİAD brings our members together with international investors.
The MÜSİAD INVEST Program is the product of a vision of cooperation, the first of which we held with business people from the MENA region and the second with delegations from the Turkic Republics.
Today, with the third edition of this program, we are experiencing the excitement of hosting the investment delegation coming from the United Kingdom. While this delegation is an element that increases Türkiye's appeal on a global scale, it also demonstrates once again the effectiveness of our business world in international relations.
Our goal with MÜSİAD INVEST is not merely to bring investors together, but at the same time to make these investments sustainable, reliable and result-oriented. The cooperation network we have built together with our service-providing companies enables our MÜSİAD members to reach investments more quickly and to receive the most professional service in this process.
We extend our sincere thanks to our very important business partners who have opened the way for us and provided us with great convenience while we carry out this work: our Presidency Investment Office, DEİK, the International Investment Agencies and our Portfolio Management Companies.
As we all know, these achievements do not only provide economic benefit; at the same time they strengthen our ties with our brotherly geographies.
As MÜSİAD, we act with the mission of turning Türkiye into an investment base. Here today, by providing the environment of trust that international investors need, we bring to the fore Türkiye's strong industrial infrastructure and its unique logistics advantages.
Our geographical location, our qualified human resources and our high production capacity are the most important elements that position our country as a centre of investment.
Esteemed Participants,
With this program we are in fact giving the following message to our business world: Türkiye is a safe harbour for investors not only on a regional but on a global scale. The synergy created here today will not be limited to economic gains alone; at the same time it will be an occasion for building new friendships, partnerships and bridges of cooperation between countries.
MÜSİAD INVEST will continue on its way as an ecosystem that contributes to the commercial development of our members. Our large network of 60,000 companies constitutes a unique attraction for investors. This network plays an important role not only in the field of trade and investment, but at the same time in the professionalization of the business world.
Together with this labour and effort, the programs we have held to date have brought important gains to our business world. For example, through the crowdfunding companies with which we cooperate, we have received positive responses for many of our projects. Moreover, again last year, a delegation from Uzbekistan came to the point of agreement on a generator investment of approximately USD 2 billion…
The future of the MÜSİAD INVEST Program is much brighter still. Thanks to our web platforms, investors and projects are matched rapidly. Our companies are integrated with international networks and investment requests are directed in the most effective way. In this direction, God willing, we aim to undertake even larger projects in the coming period.
Esteemed Guests,
The MÜSİAD INVEST Program is the product of a vision that consolidates Türkiye's place in the global economy. On this occasion, every step we take here today will contribute not only to our economic development but at the same time to Türkiye's attaining the position it deserves in the international business world.
We believe that the success of the business world is not measured by material gains alone. This success must also rise upon the foundations of virtue, morality and brotherhood. May our Lord bless these blessed efforts of ours and make them a means of goodness.
Esteemed Participants,
I thank everyone who has contributed and given their efforts to our MÜSİAD INVEST 3rd International Investment Networking Program, which we have held within the scope of our MÜSİAD EXPO fair. I hope that MÜSİAD INVEST will bring success to our country, to our nation and to the entire business world, and I respectfully greet all our participants.
May God protect you.
Mahmut Asmalı
President of MÜSİAD