The 108th World General Administrative Board of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) took place in Antalya. In addition to MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı, close to 400 members from 72 branches participated in the program; domestic and international Branch Presidents also attended.
The MÜSİAD 108th World General Administrative Board Meeting took place hosted by MÜSİAD Antalya. The meeting, attended by Branch Presidents and members from Türkiye and abroad, continued for two days. In the program, which continued with the World Presidents Meeting and the simultaneous meetings of all commissions, the activities of 2023 were evaluated while the projects to be carried out in 2024 were also addressed.
At the meeting, where President Mahmut Asmalı and Vice Presidents Doğan Alperen, Osman Çalışkan, Abdulsamet Temel, Davut Altunbaş, Abdurrahman Uzun and Burhan Özdemir made their presentations, MÜSİAD's internal development projects were discussed in detail. In the simultaneous meetings, the Corporate Communications Commission, the Budget and Financial Affairs Commission, the Qard al-Hasan Fund, the Business and Trade Development Commission, the Foreign Relations Commissions, the Sector Boards Commission, the Domestic Organization, Member Admission and Member Relations Commission, the MÜSİAD Trade Office and MÜSİAD INVEST Commissions held meetings with the presidents responsible for domestic and international affairs.
The final session of the first day was completed with the Hasbihal Meeting. MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı, who delivered his speech at the Hasbihal Meeting, gave brief information by speaking about MÜSİAD's projects for 2024. Continuing his speech, Asmalı said the following:
“MÜSİAD is the result of a return to essence and a desire to seek its roots. The founding of MÜSİAD is the sprouting and taking root of the Medina Market understanding in these lands. As MÜSİAD, we continue on our path with the philosophy of working together, of lawful earnings and of winning together with a “we” understanding. Because MÜSİAD means always and under all circumstances putting the interests of the country and the people first.
MÜSİAD means working and struggling for Türkiye to take its place in the world as a strong country. Because MÜSİAD means being one, being united and being together. Since 1990, with the activities and events we have carried out, we work very hard every year with the aim of delivering a performance above that of the previous year. The MÜSİAD spirit is such a spirit that while every new member who joins comes with abundance and blessing, every new branch and contact point we open brings us one step further forward in the cause of civilization. With our International Business Forums, our Visionary meetings, our fairs, the awards we present, the sectoral meetings we hold, and the international business summits and organizations we arrange, we strive to sustain our Medina Market understanding and our cause of civilization. God willing, in 2024 as well we will continue to sustain these high-quality projects and fairs of ours.”
MÜSİAD Antalya Branch President Ali Akçay, for his part, shared information in his speech about Antalya's local development, its export figures and the branch's activities. At the end of the Hasbihal Meeting, MÜSİAD Vice President Abdulsamet Temel and IGMG İhsan Sohbetleri President Ali Börek made their presentations.
The second day of the MÜSİAD 108th World General Administrative Board began with the presentations of Networker Erdal Uzunoğlu and İstanbul University Faculty of Economics Lecturer Prof. Dr. Arif Yavuz. In the session, which continued with the project presentations of the Head Office and the Branches, the formation of activities in line with the MÜSİAD 2023-2025 Strategic Plan was addressed. The 108th World General Administrative Board came to an end with wishes and good intentions.
